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Gum Disease Linked To Alzheimer’s

Bacterium enters brain tissue.

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By: TOM BRANNA

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Here's one more reason to take care of those choppers! British scientists say they've found a link between bacterial gum disease and Alzheimer's disease. Signs of the bacterium, known as Porphyromonas gingivalis, were found in four out of 10 samples of brain tissue from Alzheimer’s patients, while no signs of the bug were found in 10 brains from people of similar age who never developed dementia, according to the results of the study published in the Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease...

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