Copper may play key role in Alzheimer's disease

Wednesday, August 21, 2013 - 18:00 in Health & Medicine

New research finds that copper in amounts readily found in our drinking water, the foods we eat and the vitamin supplements we take likely plays a key role in initiating and fueling the abnormal protein build-up and brain inflammation that are hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease.

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