Maybe people get dumber with age not because of age but because they've started getting STI's in the brain.
Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
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Re: Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
#12Maybe people get dumber with age not because of age but because they've started getting STI's in the brain.
This is Roseola, not Herpes Simplex.
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#13Re: Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
Oh, my god. Is there a browser extension or a third party website or anything out there that does this for all websites? I haven't had much luck, but that's partially because some sites have chosen to make themselves unusable without javascript enabled. NPR, thank you for this subdomain <3
"Reader Mode" is built into Firefox. (Dunno about chrome, I don't use that) There is also https://outline.com
+1 for Outline
Re: Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
#15People with Alzheimer's seem to have more things in their brain that shouldn't be there than normal. Past findings include types of immune cells that shouldn't be there, various yeast, other types of virus etc. It's not clear if all those are there due to the blood-brain barrier loosing structural integrity, or those cause Alzheimer's in the first place.
Classic example of correlation != causation.
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#16>> "We mapped out the social network, if you will, of which genes the viruses are friends with and who they're talking to inside the brain," Dudley says. In essence, he says, they wanted to know: "If the viruses are tweeting, who's tweeting back?"
Finally, a relatable metaphor for millennials like me!
Re: Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
#17People with Alzheimer's seem to have more things in their brain that shouldn't be there than normal. Past findings include types of immune cells that shouldn't be there, various yeast, other types of virus etc. It's not clear if all those are there due to the blood-brain barrier loosing structural integrity, or those cause Alzheimer's in the first place.
Classic example of correlation != causation.
> In other news, Alzheimer's patients breathe oxygen and drink water. Beware!
This very remark undermines your snark. We clearly would not look at 'breathes air" or 'drinks water,' precisely because these are factors that are common in the population between those who do and those who do not develop Alzheimer's. It is, in fact, the very fact that the factors that the grandparent mentioned "don't belong in the brain" that is interesting, and suggestive of models other than, for example, "Alzheimer's is an isolated, simple condition that is relatively unaffected by confounds."
It is these very same correlations that can lead us to the likely rocks to turn over, and that is where the newsworthiness and interest derives. Everybody knows about correlation and causation. It's possibly not causative, for example, but seems to be correlative that people who snark about correlation and causation tend to shoot themselves in the feet with their sarcasm. I sure know where I'll look for a deeper explanation, though!
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#18Text only version https://text.npr.org/s.php?sId=621908340
Oh, my god. Is there a browser extension or a third party website or anything out there that does this for all websites? I haven't had much luck, but that's partially because some sites have chosen to make themselves unusable without javascript enabled. NPR, thank you for this subdomain <3
I only learned about it from their GDPR notice. I declined tracking permission and they gave me the best version ever!
Re: Researchers Find Herpes Viruses in Brains Marked by Alzheimer's Disease
#19People with Alzheimer's seem to have more things in their brain that shouldn't be there than normal. Past findings include types of immune cells that shouldn't be there, various yeast, other types of virus etc. It's not clear if all those are there due to the blood-brain barrier loosing structural integrity, or those cause Alzheimer's in the first place.
Classic example of correlation != causation.
Please quote from the linked article where they imply causation.
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#20Stuff like this always reminds me of:
https://helix.northwestern.edu/blog/2010/02/when-science-goe...
I'm guessing they are being as careful as they can in regards to selection bias.