{"id":22817,"date":"2024-05-08T09:35:19","date_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:35:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22817"},"modified":"2024-05-08T09:35:20","modified_gmt":"2024-05-08T13:35:20","slug":"alzheimers-may-be-inherited-more-often-than-previously-thought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=22817","title":{"rendered":"Alzheimer&#8217;s may be inherited more often than previously thought"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>(By Erica Carbajal for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0New\u00a0research\u00a0has found that nearly all people with two copies of the gene variant APOE4 develop biological markers of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease, suggesting the gene may be its own, distinct form of the disease rather than only a risk factor.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.beckershospitalreview.com\/public-health\/alzheimers-may-be-inherited-more-often-than-previously-thought.html\">Here&#8230;<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"97\" class=\"wp-image-7919\" style=\"width: 150px;\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care.jpg 2153w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/dreamstime_m_31506937alzheimers-dementia-memory-care-1024x663.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\"><strong>Notice:<\/strong>\u00a0The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Erica Carbajal for Becker&#8217;s Hospital Review) \u00a0New\u00a0research\u00a0has found that nearly all people with two copies of the gene variant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,26,12],"tags":[297,1313,1314,94],"class_list":["post-22817","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aging","category-alzheimersdementia","category-health-care-general","tag-alzheimers","tag-apoe4","tag-gene","tag-older-adults"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22817"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22817\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22818,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22817\/revisions\/22818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}