Learning that your loved one has Alzheimer's disease can be frightening and leave you feeling lost and unsure.
A letter to the editor is presented in response to the review of the book "The Alzheimer Conundrum: Entanglements of Dementia and Aging," in the May 22, 2014 issue along with a response by Jerome Groopman.LockMarjorieMargaretMarjorie
Since the earliest descriptions of Alzheimer's disease (AD), many theories have been advanced as to its cause. These include: (1) exacerbation of aging, (2) degeneration of anatomical pathways, including the cholinergic and cortico-cortical pathways, (3) an environmental factor such as exposure...
New research is shedding light on the possible cause of Alzheimer's disease and the surprising role a person's immune system may play in protecting the brain from dementia. A study in lab mice, conducted by researchers at Duke University, suggests that when Alzheimer's develops, certain immune...
aging, family history and genetic causes, past severehead injury, and low education, that increase the risk of developingAlzheimer's disease. These factors can lead to theories about how they produce the abnormalities, including amyloid beta plaques, seen in the brains of people with Alzheimer's...
Amyloid causes Alzheimer’s disease by making nerve cells dysfunction, permitting tau tangles to spread in the brain. In healthy brain tissue, the protein known as tau stabilizes the transport and scaffolding systems that supply cells with nutrients and other important substances. But when tau ...
Regardless of what causes Alzheimer’s, if you are worried about the disease, then exercise. No effective drugs have yet been developed to treat Alzheimer’s, and there is inconclusive evidence that keeping your mind sharp with mental games staves off dementia. Exercise is by far the most effe...
There have been a lot of theories about what causes Alzheimer's disease. Many of them have given rise to experimental treatments of one form or another. None of them have worked much better than taking anything you might find in your spice rack. ...
- Causes, Symptoms & Treatment from Chapter 22 / Lesson 11 1.8K Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by gradual memory loss and declining cognitive function. Find out the causes and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and the diagnosis and trea...
What_Is_Alzheimer’s_Disease A lzheimer’s disease is one of the most common type of dementia. It is a progressive disease beginning with mild memory loss and possibly leading to loss of the ability to carry on a con-versation and respond to the environ-ment.2 Symptoms of the disease ...