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Are dental X‐rays causing Alzheimer's? Ten reasons to take a closer look
Author(s) -
Rodgers Caroline
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2011.12.003
Subject(s) - microglia , etiology , disease , dementia , medicine , stroke (engine) , cause of death , alzheimer's disease , neuroscience , psychology , psychiatry , pathology , immunology , inflammation , engineering , mechanical engineering
Background: The speed with which Alzheimer’s disease has become a killer worldwide argues against a complex etiology because the more factors required for an outcome, the more difficult it is to meet all of the conditions necessary to cause it. In the United States, Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death for people of any age, with fatalities increasing 66% over the same period of time that deaths due to other leading causes, such as stroke, heart disease and diabetes, decreased. While important genetic causes and associations to Alzheimer’s have been made, the fact that these genetic factors do not always cause Alzheimer’s and do not explain the majority of cases suggest that something else is directly responsible for Alzheimer’s. Likewise, significant discoveries regarding Abeta plaques have indicated that plaques removal is not the key to slowing or stopping Alzheimer’s.Methods: This presentation builds on ideas set forth