<story><title>Could Alzheimer’s Stem from Infections?</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/health/alzheimers-disease-infection.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>partiallypro</author><text>UTIs can cause symptoms exactly like Alzheimer&amp;#x27;s, so I&amp;#x27;m sure that sparked the idea. My grandmother actually developed Alzheimer&amp;#x27;s, I can&amp;#x27;t help but feel it might have been set on by a long standing UTI that the Dr never caught or treated (her Doctor was an old quack from everything I know.) Then again, her sister also has it, so it could also just be genetic. I do hope they figure it out, it&amp;#x27;s too late for my grandmother, but it&amp;#x27;s a big drain on everyone and when my grandmother does &amp;quot;break through&amp;quot; briefly, she is basically begging to die. Wouldn&amp;#x27;t wish it on anyone.</text></comment>
<story><title>Could Alzheimer’s Stem from Infections?</title><url>http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/26/health/alzheimers-disease-infection.html</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>moyix</author><text>Some previous discussion of an earlier paper that suggested a fungal infection may be to blame:&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=10401344&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&amp;#x2F;item?id=10401344&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Very interesting to see more suggestive evidence from another group!</text></comment>