Every week we scour the news for the latest headlines in Alzheimer’s stories, care, treatment, and prevention. Here is this week’s biggest story for the week of August 20th, 2012 – August 26th, 2012.
New Study Links Copper Toxicity to Alzheimer’s Disease
Researchers have long been puzzled by the fact that Alzheimer’s disease is only seen in developed countries. It is not seen among the elderly in India and Africa. A new study shows that the answer might be copper toxicity, perhaps from the use of copper plumbing to deliver drinking water, multi-vitamins containing copper and foods with a high copper content.
