SciShow Psych: What Does Gum Disease Have to Do With Alzheimer's?

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Subject: Psychology
Content of the Lesson: Regular brushing and flossing might not just keep your mouth in good shape—they might also be good for your brain. Hosted by: Brit Garner ---------- Support SciShow by becoming a patron on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/scishow SciShow has a spinoff podcast! It's called SciShow Tangents. Check it out at https://www.scishowtangents.org ---------- Huge thanks go to the following Patreon supporters for helping us keep SciShow free for everyone forever: Kevin Bealer, KatieMarie Magnone, D.A. Noe, Charles Southerland, Eric Jensen, Christopher R Boucher, Alex Hackman, Matt Curls, Adam Brainard, Scott Satovsky Jr, Sam Buck, Avi Yashchin, Ron Kakar, Chris Peters, Kevin Carpentier, Patrick D. Ashmore, Piya Shedden, Sam Lutfi, charles george, Greg ---------- Looking for SciShow elsewhere on the internet? Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/scishow Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/scishow Tumblr: http://scishow.tumblr.com Instagram: http://instagram.com/thescishow ---------- Sources: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/periodontitis/symptoms-causes/syc-20354473 https://www.perio.org/newsroom/periodontal-disease-fact-sheet https://jcm.asm.org/content/36/11/3239.short https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-018-05719-4 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad190765 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad170046?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Journal_of_Alzheimer%25E2%2580%2599s_Disease_TrendMD_0 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3402/jom.v7.29143 http://sitn.hms.harvard.edu/flash/2019/oral-bacteria-may-responsible-alzheimers-disease/ https://advances.sciencemag.org/content/5/1/eaau3333 https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad141170 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6352933/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5996906/ https://content.iospress.com/articles/journal-of-alzheimers-disease/jad170046?utm_source=TrendMD&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=Journal_of_Alzheimer%25E2%2580%2599s_Disease_TrendMD_0 https://www.wired.com/story/scientists-now-know-how-sleep-cleans-toxins-from-the-brain/ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41514-017-0015-x#Sec8 https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20002297.2018.1563405?src=recsys


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