#lateonset

Novel gene variants that modify the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease discovered

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Late-onset Alzheimer’s disease (LOAD) is the most common form of dementia in the elderly, affecting almost 44 million people worldwide. Despite decades of research, genetic factors that predispose individuals to LOAD are not clearly understood. With a growing elderly population in the U.S. and many other developed countries, there is an urgent need for precise…

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Hi! Jointed reddit just to post on this subreddit. I’m really enjoying not feeling alone in this.

I was diagnosed with asthma last year, at the age of 24. I’ve never had an asthma attack in my life until then and now I suffer from asthma often. Had an allergy test done and found I am mildly allergic to many things, such as dust and certain trees. I am still often struggling to tell the…