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Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by Vomzor on Monday February 10, 2020 @01:54PM (#22292030)
What’s the disease?

My personal experience and the research I’ve read makes me believe you are absolutely right.

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Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by esdott on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:19PM (#22292244)
Probably something like MS or another auto-immune disorder that could be microbiome and/or dopamine related. Could also be type 1 diabetes, RA, Crohn's, etc. Those would be my guess.
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Re:A prospective Alzheimer’s trial reports by fernly on Monday February 10, 2020 @02:30PM (#22292352)
No idea if this is nextos's thing, but there's evidence for inflammation as a root cause of depression. cf Bullmore, the Inflamed Mind.
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