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It’s the northernmost state in America, made up of remote towns and villages that suffer from brutal weather and months of darkness. Aside from Alaska‘s harsh climate, the state also has to contend with a rising number of birth defects. A 2021 report from the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium reported that in 2017 – the latest data available – there …

Scientists have uncovered a new group of rogue proteins in the brain that could play a major role in triggering and worsening Alzheimer’s disease. Until now, researchers believed that clumps of amyloid and tau proteins were the main culprits behind the devastating cognitive decline seen in Alzheimer’s patients.  But a new study from Johns Hopkins University has identified more than 200 …