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Description:
Alzheimer's disease is a
neurodegenerative disease
characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration together with
declining activities of daily living and
neuropsychiatry
symptoms or behavioral changes.
Alzheimer’s disease
development is related to genetic inheritance of defected genes.
Check to see if members of your family suffer from Alzheimer’s.
Caring for an Alzheimer’s patient costs $77,500 annually. Over
24 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s worldwide. It is predicted
that the incidence rate will rise to 81 million by 2040: due to our
aging population. Over 70,000 people died of Alzheimer’s in
2006. The U.S. Federal government invested $647 million
towards Alzheimer’s research.
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Amnesia
and forgetfulness
As the disease progresses the person experiences.......
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Speech impediments
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Flat affect
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Retarded motor movements
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Problems with recognition
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Thought fluency
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Other cognitive impairments
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- Drug
intake (Xaliproden) and Tramiprosate
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Vaccine
immunotherapy treatments are already undergoing clinical trials.
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Herbal
compounds and dietary supplements are recommended to patients.
- There is no cure
for Alzheimer’s disease and it eventually leads to death.
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- Caring for an
Alzheimer’s patient costs $77,500 annually.
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