How sulfur could be a treatment for Alzheimer’s Disease
With compelling new evidence, compounds containing the notoriously odorous element sulfur may be capable of staving off Alzheimer’s Disease. Let’s take a quick glance at recent findings to find out why.
First off, what is Alzheimer’s Disease?
Alzheimer’s Disease is a type of neurodegenerative disorder associated with a progressive loss of memory. As such, it is a type of dementia that typically occurs in aging populations. There are two main types of it — Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease and Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease. Early-onset Alzheimer’s has been linked to rare genetic mutations which predispose someone to the disease at a very young age. Late-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease is the most common type and typically affects individuals at or above 65 years of age. Alzheimer’s has been characterized by neuropathologists by the formation of toxic plaques of proteins in the brain. They were first described in 1906 by none other than the disease’s namesake, Alois Alzheimer. He initially portrayed the neurodegenerative disorder as “A peculiar severe disease process of the cerebral cortex.”
