Alzheimer's disease found to be transmitted through medical procedures decades ago, study finds
Researchers emphasized that dementia is "not contagious" and these were "extraordinary occurrences."
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Researchers emphasized that dementia is "not contagious" and these were "extraordinary occurrences."
Researchers emphasized that dementia is "not contagious" and these were "extraordinary occurrences."
Can Alzheimer’s disease be caused by the use of growth hormone treatments? Well, scientists from University College London (UCL) seem to think so. They uncovered eight cases of Alzheimer’s disease that the scientists believe to have arisen as a result of such medical treatments provided decades earlier. Five of these people had symptoms of dementia, […]
Researchers emphasized that dementia is "not contagious" and these were "extraordinary occurrences."
A study had found five people who'd been injected with now-banned growth treatments in the 1980s had gone on to develop early-onset dementia.