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Does the Amyloid Model of Alzheimer’s Disease Still Make Sense? My Journey to Resolve the Gaps

Whoever can pinpoint the missing piece will be on the verge of solving this seemingly unsolvable disease.

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Shingles Vaccine Protects Against Dementia, But How Strong Is the Effect?

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Our Neurons Mastered Electrical Signals 450 Million Years Ago — Thanks to a Virus Infection

On the marvelous origin of the neuron’s myelin sheath.

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Our Neurons Mastered Electrical Signals 450 Million Years Ago — Thanks to a Virus Infection

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The Miraculous Origin of Brain Intelligence in Land Animals (Like Us)

When aquatic animals first transitioned to land, a virus-like element probably hijacked their neurons.

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The Miraculous Origin of Brain Intelligence in Land Animals (Like Us)

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Are We Defining Long-Covid Incorrectly? A Closer Look At Its New ‘Universal’ Definition

The problem no one talks about, and what can be done about it.

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Are We Defining Long-Covid Incorrectly? A Closer Look At Its New ‘Universal’ Definition

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Covid-19 Could Be Eating Your Neurons

How Covid-19 fulfils the Bradford Hill criteria for causation and raises your lifetime risk of dementia from 1% to 1.5%.

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Covid-19 Could Be Eating Your Neurons

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What If Something Else Lives in Your Brain? The Science and Secrets of Brain Microbiome

What it is and why it matters

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What If Something Else Lives in Your Brain? The Science and Secrets of Brain Microbiome

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We Finally Know What Drives Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (and Long-Covid)

The most convincing breakthrough yet in the key pathomechanisms (patho- means disease) involved.

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We Finally Know What Drives Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (and Long-Covid)

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