Repeated Infections Associated With Increased Risk of Some Neurodegenerative Diseases – Neuroscience News

Repeated Infections Associated With Increased Risk of Some Neurodegenerative Diseases – Neuroscience News

Summary: Early-to-midlife infections that require hospital care are associated with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease later in life, a new study reports. Source: PLOS Infections treated with specialty hospital care in early- and mid-life are associated with an increased subsequent risk of Alzheimer’s (AD) and Parkinson’s diseases (PD), but not amyotrophic … Read more