Today' office is a garden office! Still bloody hot though!
Today' office is a garden office! Still bloody hot though!
Population study in Italy suggests that though old age increase rate of #Alzheimer and #Cancer it is very rare that a given person has both cancer as well alzheimer.
I can somehow understand how cancer kills before alzheimer sets in but it's striking that old people with alzheimer seem to be "cancer free".
Anyone any biological take on this?
#science #paper #populationstudy
Inverse occurrence of cancer and Alzheimer disease
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the incidence of cancer in persons with Alzheimer disease (AD) and the incidence of AD dementia in persons with cancer. Methods: This was a cohort study in Northern Italy on more than 1 million residents. Cancer incidence was derived from the local health authority (ASL-Mi1) tumor registry and AD dementia incidence from registries of drug prescriptions, hospitalizations, and payment exemptions. Expected cases o…
Population study in Italy suggests that though old age increase rate of #Alzheimer…
Population study in Italy suggests that though old age increase rate of #Alzheimer and #Cancer it is very rare that a given person has both cancer as well alzheimer.
I can somehow understand how cancer kills before alzheimer sets in but it's striking that old people with alzheimer seem to be "cancer free".
Anyone any biological take on this?
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Inverse occurrence of cancer and Alzheimer disease
Abstract Objective: To evaluate the incidence of cancer in persons with Alzheimer disease (AD) and the incidence of AD dementia in persons with cancer. Methods: This was a cohort study in Northern Italy on more than 1 million residents. Cancer incidence was derived from the local health authority (ASL-Mi1) tumor registry and AD dementia incidence from registries of drug prescriptions, hospitalizations, and payment exemptions. Expected cases o…
Cool little "history" article about the +Raspberry Pi in +WIRED . From the idea, to getting the funding till in the end being able to fully produce this as a british produce. Pretty neat!
It has no screen or keyboard, but the Raspberry Pi computer sold a million units in its first 12 months. This is how a group of Cambridge academies created Britain’s biggest hardware hit for a generation