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It is not inconceivable but it is not just around the corner

“It is not inconceivable but it is not just around the corner.”. The amyloid plaques (tangles of nerve fibres) in the brain that are characteristic of Alzheimer’s may be the result of chronic infection.Inflammatory bowel disease is known to be linked with infection by Mycobacterium paratuberculosis, a bacterium that causes Jern’s disease in cattle and is related to tuberculosis in humans.Professor Cohen said vaccines against chronic disease were a possibility but it would be years before they were a reality. Today, long-term treatment with acid-blocking medicines such as Zantac, once the world’s biggest-selling drug, has been replaced by a two-week antibiotic cocktail,which can cure the condition.Multiple sclerosis, the neurological disease that affects 70,000 people in the UK, is known to occur in geographical clusters, suggesting an infectious agent.Kidney stones are known to be the product of chronic infection of the urinary tract and Alzheimer’s disease has also been associated with various micro-organisms over the years but less strongly than in the case of heart disease. lend support to the idea that micro-organisms might play a part in heart disease.”Even if true, this would not let patients off the hook of making lifestyle changes to reduce their risk. But in the case of heart disease even a modest contribution by bacteria could, if attacked, save tens of thousands of lives worldwide.Enthusiasm for research into infectious causes of chronic disease was fired a decade ago when evidence emerged that stomach ulcers were caused not by excess acid but by the bacterium Helicobacter pylori. Ulcers were thought to be the result of a high-pressure lifestyle fuelled by an unhealthy diet and the idea that they might be caused by bacteria was greeted with disbelief. Studies have shown an association between coronary heart disease and chlamydia; the organism has been found in the plaques deposited in arteries and two studies have indicated that antibiotics may be effective against it The findings …

The findings could have important implications for public health and point to new ways of protecting individuals at risk by vaccination or treatment with antibiotics or other drugs.
In heart disease, scientists believe that infection may be the missing link that can explain why the traditional risk factors of smoking, high blood pressure and high cholesterol cannot account for all variations in the incidence of the disease.Research is pointing to the role of the bacterium Chlamydia pneumoniae, which is related to the sexually transmitted infection Chlamydia trachomatis, and affects the lungs.Professor Jonathan Cohen, head of infectious diseases and bacteriology at the Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith hospital, London, said: “The evidence linking chlamydia with heart disease is intriguing. Evidence is growing that infection may play a role in a host of chronic conditions including heart disease, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, kidney stones and inflammatory bowel disease. CHRONIC DISEASES blamed on faulty genes or a slothful lifestyle may be triggered by infectious agents that can be passed around like colds or flu, scientists believe. I think I gave some of my judgments of greatest value after 75.”On long life: “By eating plain English food. I don’t want any of that French stuff.”On co-habiting: “Couples who live together should be treated in the same way as those who are married.”. They’d have been forgotten and the whole community would have been satisfied.”On industrial action at the time of the miners’ strike: “A malaise – a disease – affecting our country today”.On remaining on the bench into his eighties: “I have all the Christian virtues – except resignation.”On compulsory retirement of judges: “You can do good work after 75.

Obituary, Review page 10Wisdom From All His Years On The BenchOn family values: “There is a prevailing philosophy of `anything goes’ and the strength of family life is being eroded.”On honesty: “A lot of people have not got the same standards of conduct – uprightness or honesty – as they had in the past.”On religion: “Without religion, no morality; without morality, no law.”On divorce: “The divorce court should not penalise anyone and a wife should be entitled to an equal share of her husband’s wealth.”On the armed forces: “A disabled former serviceman should not have to prove he was injured in the services to win the right to a pension.”On choosing a career in law: “Because I was ambitious and saw it as the best way to advancement.”On his role in the 1960s Profumo inquiry: “I have had to be detective, inquisitor, advocate and judge and it has been difficult to combine them.”On police: The idea of officers lying about their treatment of the Birmingham Six was an “appalling vista”.On the Birmingham Six: “We shouldn’t have all these campaigns to get the Birmingham Six released if they’d been hanged. His memory will be cherished by his countless friends on the Bench, at the Bar and among the wider public throughout the Commonwealth.”Leading article, Review page 3. His judgments were models of simple English which ordinary people understood.”He had huge intellect and reforming imagination in equal measures, and in court, he never failed to be an object lesson in judicial courtesy.”The Lord Chief Justice, Lord Bingham of Cornhill, was equally laudatory.”Lord Denning was the best- known and best-loved judge of this, or perhaps any, generation,” Lord Bingham said “He was a legend in his own lifetime. When he celebrated his 100th birthday in January, more than 170 lawyers and judges gathered at the University of Buckingham to pay tribute to his achievements.Yesterday, the Lord Chancellor, Lord Irvine of Lairg, said: “The name Denning was a byword for the law itself. They’d have been forgotten and the whole community would have been satisfied.”He retired in 1982 after a storm of controversy about his book, What Next in the Law, in which he suggested that some immigrants might not be suitable to serve on juries.After his retirement Lord Denning returned to his home village of Whitchurch, living with his wife in a magnificent Regency house set amid 35 acres.