damn bacteria

In disease after disease, we are finding that bacteria are covertly
involved, invading organs, co-opting our immune systems to boost their
… (sick perverted needs)

Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332420-900-have-we-found-the-true-cause-of-diabetes-stroke-and-alzheimers

FOR decades, health experts have been lecturing us about our bad
habits, blaming them for the surge in "lifestyle diseases". These
often come on as we age and include heart disease, Alzheimer's, type 2
diabetes and some cancers. Worldwide, 70 per cent of all deaths are
now attributed to these conditions. In the UK, it is a whopping 90 per
cent.

Too much red meat, too little fruit and veg, smoking, drinking,
obesity and not enough exercise appear to make all these diseases more
likely – and having any of them makes getting the others more likely.
But no one really knows why, and we still haven't worked out what
causes any of them. Alzheimer's is now one of the UK's biggest
killers, yet the main hypothesis for how it originates imploded this
year after drugs based on it repeatedly failed. High blood cholesterol
is blamed for heart attacks, except most people who have heart attacks
don't have it.

What we do know is that these conditions usually start causing
symptoms later in life, and their prevalence is skyrocketing as we
live longer. They all turn inflammation, the method our immune system
uses to kill invaders, against us. And, by definition, these diseases
aren't communicable. They are down to bad habits and unlucky genes,
not germs. Right?

Not necessarily. In disease after disease, we are finding that
bacteria are covertly involved, invading organs, co-opting our immune
systems to boost their …



Read more: https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg24332420-900-have-we-found-the-true-cause-of-diabetes-stroke-and-alzheimers/#ixzz5w2UCqm6G