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Gut inflammation is associated with aging and Alzheimer’s disease (www.med.wisc.edu)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They say things are caused by inflammation all the time though, is that a euphemism?

[–] deweydecibel 6 points 10 months ago

No, it means it's a chain.

Something is causing the inflammation, then the inflammation causes something else. In that case you wouldn't treat the inflammation, you would treat the cause of the inflammation.