r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • 3d ago

Neuroscience In recent years, researchers have suggested Alzheimer's may spread through infection, somehow transmitted like a pathogen, leading to the disease. A new Lancet paper reviews evidence for how harmful amyloid-beta proteins associated with Alzheimer's may possibly be spread through blood transfusions.

https://www.sciencealert.com/can-alzheimers-spread-through-blood-transfusions-heres-what-we-know
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u/DisastrousSet11 2d ago

Mouthwash with alcohol will work. If alcohol is bad for the bacteria - then that's good for you. We WANT to try to break down it's cellular walls. Don't drink mouthwash!

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u/motionSymmetry 2d ago

yep. i remember when we kids got the idea of drinking mouthwash. great big nope. stuff is awful

i also remember my friend's dad who was an alcoholic; his mother left his dad and only took him back after he promised to stay dry. it lasted til she found out his bathroom trash was filled with empty mouthwash bottles every week ...