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Could Targeting Brain Inflammation Be The Answer To Alzheimer's Disease?

Recently, NBC News released a report by Dr. Rudi Tanzi, from Massachusetts General Hospital. He has discovered inflammation kills millions of nerve cells, shutting down the area responsible for thinking and memory. Could this be link be a between nervous system inflammation and memory play a factor in Alzheimer’s Disease? If it is true, then treating inflammation could lead to a viable approach to addressing the symptoms of Alzheimer’s. 

This link to neuroinflammation could lead to many new treatment options for patients that suffer from autoimmune diseases like alzheimer’s.

If you would like to learn more about how the mechanism of action of low-dose naltrexone mechanism may affect inflammation in the central nervous system through action on the microglial cells.

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