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Researchers Investigate Connection Between Periodontitis and Alzheimer Disease

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In 2020, the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Intramural Research Program team investigated possible links between periodontal diseases and dementia diagnoses and deaths via data collected by the United States Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from a large pool of subjects as part of a National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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University of Louisville Receives Grant to Further Understanding of the Oral Microbiome

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Researchers at the University of Louisville in Kentucky have secured an $11.7 This grant is an extension of a Center of Biomedical Research Excellence (COBRE) grant that was initially awarded in 2018. The research may unveil breakthroughs in fields like Alzheimer disease, heart disease, diabetes, periodontitis, and colorectal cancer.

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Periodontal Pathogens Linked to Development of Alzheimer Disease

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More than 55 million people across the globe live with Alzheimer disease (AD). million Americans age 65 and older live with the neurodegenerative disease. So, there has never been a more pressing time for research on this type of dementia and what causes it. PERIODONTAL PATHOGENS AND ALZHEIMER DISEASE.