Study Finds No Greater Alzheimer's Risk from Seafood Consumption

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• Increased mercury from seafood consumption not associated with greater brain harm in older adults (with APOE-ε4)
• Less Alzheimer pathology observed, including:
  • Lower density of amyloid plaques
  • Less severe neuron tangles
• Alzheimer's disease is a progressive, degenerative disorder
• Study involved 286 postmortem brain autopsies
• No conclusions: on fish oil consumption and brain harm connection
• Published in the Journal of the American Medical Association