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Alzheimer’s disease is the most common form of dementiainternationally (Liu,2013). Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease in which major changes occur in neurological pathways, such as chronic neuronal loss and neuroinflammation (Liu, 2013). Due to the nature of Alzheimer’s disease scientists have limited knowledge...
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What is known about Alzheimer’s disease and its causes? Alzheimer’s disease, a neurodegenerative brain disease, is the most common cause of dementia. It currently afflicts about 4 million Americans and is the fourth leading cause of death in the United States. Furthermore, Alzheimer’s disease is...
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Alzheimer disease is a intelligence disease in which our understanding cells break down to connect all otherfeel difficulty speaking and cause confusion when a task performed by the patient because for the reason that a greater quantity of protein which is rubbery and twisted protein...
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The direct known causes of AD are the amassing of Aβ plaques and neurofibrillary tangles in the brain, which are both associated with synaptic dysfunction and neurodegeneration in AD. The over activation of calpain plays a role in accumulating these Aβ plaques and causing hyper...
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Memory is a vital aspect of identity; it enables individuals to have an enriched understanding of themselves and those most important to them. The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, is characterized by the progressive damage of brain cells. The loss of memory because...
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In the article published by Time magazine, it was described how exercise may protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease. Although the article does not state a specific research question, a reader may assume that they’d be questioning if regular exercise may offer some protection against...
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Amyloidosis is a relatively uncommon set of diseases caused by a gradual gathering of amyloid in a person’s organs, usually the nervous system, heart, liver, and kidneys. Amyloid is an irregular protein structure that is produced by a person’s bone marrow. Alzheimer’s disease is the...
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The focal point of the article online was about the unpaid caregivers of patients with Alzheimer’s. Most of these are family members of the patient, often being the spouse. There are nearly 5.7 million patients in America suffering with this disease, which also increases the...
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In the world of medicine, the Alzheimer’s condition is considered to be the enemy of mental health. Sleep deprivation or the lack of sleep is also a factor that is recognized when concerning the healthy state of one’s mind. In various studies, sleep disorders have...
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In 1992, researchers were predicting that it would soon be possible to identify people who carried the gene for a chronic degenerative disease, like Alzheimer’s and Huntington’s disease, or even some types of cancer. No one believed that genetic research would say when people developed...
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When a person is diagnosed as having Alzheimer’s disease, they fluctuate between periods of acceptance and denial. They do not want to think or do something about it. Nobody can blame them. They have just been handed a life sentence of doubt. When do they...
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Introduction Neurodegenerative diseases are becoming more prominent in today’s world. Be it due to life style changes or due to inheritance… the number of cases in this domain of medicine are on constant rise. The most prevalent of them are Alzheimer’s dementia and Huntington’s Chorea...
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Introduction Alzheimer’s and Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) are two separate but similar conditions. Alzheimer’s affects the brain’s ability to store new information in the form of memories which accounts for the condition’s characteristic memory loss. DLB, on the other hand, targets a different set...
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The immune system is the bodies strongest defense against serious illnesses, yet it cannot prevent every serious issue. Even the healthiest of individuals can contract a serious or even fatal non-communicable condition such as cancer and fibromyalgia just to name a few. The immune system...
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Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a late-onset disease that usually occurs in individuals above the age of 65. Due to the advancements of modern health care people will now live longer, hence leading to an increase in the number of people with AD. Alzheimer’s disease continuously...
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In the article, “Precision medicine offers a glimmer of hope for Alzheimer’s disease” by Melissa Healy, states that it has been 20 years of searching for effective ways to find a cure or prevent Alzheimer’s have been unsuccessful. According to Healy, there has been 5.7...
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Introduction Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurological disorder that involves plaque accumulation and neurofibrillary tau tangles which contribute to degradation of the nerve cells. AD is characterized by decreasing cognitive function, memory impairment, and neuronal loss. There are complications with detecting and diagnosing AD in...