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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Maryam Zakir-Hussain

Common stomach bug may increase risk of Alzheimer’s

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A common stomach bug may increase the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, a new study has suggested.

Researchers at McGill University in Montreal studied the health records of four million Britons aged 50 and above between 1988 and 2019.

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