Su_G<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://aus.social/@Power" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Power</span></a></span> </p><p>A stunning piece of research:<br>"what could be one of the most definitive leads yet for a bacterial culprit behind Alzheimer's... comes from a somewhat unexpected quarter: gum disease.</p><p>"In a paper led by senior author Jan Potempa, a microbiologist from the University of Louisville, researchers reported the discovery of Porphyromonas gingivalis – the pathogen behind chronic periodontitis (aka gum disease) – in the brains of deceased Alzheimer's patients."</p><p>Worth reading, well written & accessible. May not be news to some dentists...</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/PublicHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicHealth</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/Alzheimers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Alzheimers</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/periodontitis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>periodontitis</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/GumDisease" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GumDisease</span></a> <br><a href="https://aus.social/tags/JanPotempa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JanPotempa</span></a></p>