List - The following is from CNET Digital Dispatch. Many of you may already know about this, but it's new to me so I thought I'd share it. Notice how she says that "more than 70 percent of the population has been exposed to this bacteria"... all the more reason to keep taking CS continually.
Dameon _________________________________________________________ 10. BEHIND THE SCENES (FOR DIGITAL DISPATCH READERS ONLY) I don't usually go all biotech in this section, but I just got word that Alzheimer's disease may at last be traceable to a simple microbe. The organism officially know as Chlamydia pneumoniae was discovered in the brains of 17 out of 19 Alzheimer's patients in a recent study. By contrast, the bacteria was found in only 1 of 19 non-Alzheimer's brain used in a related study. I should point out that this microbe is not to be confused with Chlamydia trachomatis, the dreaded STD that I am not covering today. (I mean, how far afield do you want this section to go?) Chlamydia pneumoniae is linked to common respiratory ailments, including sinusitis, bronchitis, and pneumonia. Researchers are studying the organism to see how and when it travels from the lungs and sets up shop in the brain. Since more than 70 percent of the population has been exposed to this bacteria, many as early as childhood, the real question centers on what or when something occurs to trigger this bacteria into Alzheimer's in later life. The link may be atherosclerosis, a inflammatory condition that leads to stroke, cardiovascular disease, and is often signaled by fatty build-up in the blood vessels. Chlamydia in the brain's glial cells--which function as the brain's immune system--can trigger an inflammation that may bring about Alzheimer's. Another possible entry route to the brain is through the nose. Disturbance in smell is a widespread side- effect of Alzheimer's disease. Anyway, that's all that I know on the topic, but I did find it interesting, although scary--not as scary perhaps as wondering if simple underarm deodorant will cause Alzheimer's, but scary nonetheless. I also found similar info on this same microbe and its role in heart disease. We're onto something folks, and antibiotics may actually be all that we need--assuming we're not immune to them by then. Before you write in and ask for a "more info" link, let me explain why I'm not putting one in. If you go to CNET Snap.com and type in "Chlamydia pneumoniae and Alzheimer's," you'll get a listing of bizarre and often small sites that cover these developments. The last time I personally pointed 1 million people to a link residing at Cornell University, it shut down their server and halted some email for a day. (It also prompted some powerful "I hate CNET" student Web pages.) So please check these sites out at your own pace, and if you find out more from your explorations, please drop me a line. --Alice -- The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: silver-list-requ...@eskimo.com -or- silver-digest-requ...@eskimo.com with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the subject: line. To post, address your message to: silver-list@eskimo.com List maintainer: Mike Devour <mdev...@id.net>
