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Alzheimer's Drug Candidate May Be First to Prevent Disease Progression, Mouse Study Suggests

A new drug candidate may be the first capable of halting the devastating mental decline of Alzheimer’s disease, based on the findings of a study published in PLoS ONE.

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Childhood disorder prompts study of infection link to mental illness

PANDAS is an abbreviation for Pediatric Autoimmune Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Streptococcal infections. This diagnosis is used to describe a set of children who have a rapid onset of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and/or tic disorders such as Tourette syndrome (TS), following group A beta-hemolytic streptococcal (GABHS) infections such as “strep throat” and scarlet fever. The proposed link between infection and these disorders is an autoimmune reaction, where antibodies produced by the infection interfere with neuronal cells.

A greater understanding of the link between strep and OCD has opened the door to the study of other psychiatric or neurological illnesses that may be linked to improper immune response, including cases of autism, schizophrenia and anorexia.

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Well, I guess its time to display some of my life on the web. Music, Psych stuff....anything i might find amusing and/or funny will go on here

I'm nobody special, just your average Introvert. The guy who has a different view of the world, perceives things very differently than everyone around him, and just tries to live his life the best way possible with the cards life has dealt. Above average musician (gigs, part of a jazz combo called the Ambassadors of Music etc. etc.), upcoming psychiatrist, & pseudo-philosopher. I love music.....all music (Emo, Rap, Punk, Neo-Soul, Smooth Jazz, Classical, Gospel.........DUBSTEP! Lol, etc. etc.)...but I must admit that I am quite partial to the Neo-Soul sub-genre of music! I love my girlfriend very much. I'm very blessed to have her. She means the world to me, and I wouldn't trade her for anyone or anything in the world. Um.....yea. That's about it.

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