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Many obesity-related health risks, such as diabetes and heart disease, are well-documented. Research published online Aug. 6 in Human Brain Mapping could add Alzheimer’s disease to that list.
The researchers specifically selected adults who retained good cognitive function for five years after the scans were taken. Paul Thompson, a UCLA neurology professor, says he and his colleagues wanted to show that the brain tissue loss wasn’t caused by a pre-existing neurological disease.
Sandra A. Swanson
http://dana.org/news/brainwork/detail.aspx?id=23438
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