watching the movie ‘The Notebook’ for the fifth time. Unusual for a guy‚ I love romantic genre movies and I was wondering why Alzheimer causes short and long term memory loss. I also had an interest on the Alzheimer’s disease after watching the movie ‘Rise of the Planet of the Apes’ where the protagonist tries to fix the neurology nerve system to heal his father’s Alzheimer. #2 Ask Question What causes Alzheimer’s disease neurologically? #3 Create possible explanation I think the core reason of the
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Alzheimer’s Victoria Penix HCS/245 10/27/14 WINDY TANNER Alzheimer’s Alzheimer’s disease is the number one form of dementia in the United States today. The more this disease progresses the worse it gets because there is no cure for it at this time. Most people do not show signs or symptoms of this disease or even get diagnosed until about age sixty-five. There is also no known cause for this disease and mostly people want to link Alzheimer’s to being hereditary. Mr. Speed will require secondary
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and remember. How do people find they have this disease and how will the disease be treated by people? In ancient Greece and Rome‚ physicians always associated old age with memory decay. However‚ it was not until that German psychiatrist Dr. Alois Alzheimer identified the first case of this disease. A fifty-year-old woman‚ who was his patient‚ he called her Auguste D. He followed this case until she died after years of serious memory problem. After she died in 1906‚ doctors recorded the dense deposits
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William Jason Parker BIO 145 April 11.2012 Alzheimer’s disease Alzheimer’s disease is a debilitating disorder of the brain and “is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States” (Alzheimer’s Association) which has three stages. The first stage referred to as mild Alzheimer’s is marked with frequent memory loss and difficulty in retrieving newly learned information‚ as well as‚ difficulty in problem solving and personality deviations. The second stage is considered moderate Alzheimer’s and
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proportion jumps to about 1/3rd of people in the United States. The disease is caused by brain cell death. At first a few brain cells die‚ but over time it gets progressively worse and many brain cells die. Scientists believe that for most people‚ Alzheimer ’s disease results from a combination of genetic‚ lifestyle and environmental factors that affect the brain over time. It is said that less than 5 percent of the time‚ the disease is caused by specific genetic change in a person. We know that Alzheimer’s
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symptoms‚ how it’s diagnosed and the current treatment‚ if any. DEFINITION/DESCRIPTION OF ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive‚ neurological and eventually fatal disease of the brain which was named after a German physician‚ Alois Alzheimer‚ who first described it in 1906. It is said to be the most common form of dementia (a group of disorders that impairs mental functioning). At the moment‚ Alzheimer’s is progressive and irreversible‚ with no known cure. The most common cause of death
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Alzheimers Alzheimer’s disease is a disease of the human brain that is characterized by impairment of memory and a disruption in at least one or more thinking functions. Dr. Alois Alzheimer first observed Alzheimers in 1906 with the use of “Auguste D.‚ his patient who had profound memory loss‚ unfounded suspicions about her family‚ and other worsening psychological changes. In her brain at autopsy‚ he saw dramatic shrinkage and abnormal deposits in and around nerve cells.” (Major Milestones in
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cognitive functioning such as thinking‚ remembering‚ and reasoning‚ to such an extent that it interferes with a person’s daily life and activities. B. Subpoint: According to www.medicalnewstoday.com‚ Alzheimer’s disease is named after Aloysius Alzheimer. He is credited with identifying the first published case of dementia in 1906‚ which was later identified as Alzheimer’s disease. Transition Now that we’ve determined what Alzheimer’s disease is‚ let’s talk about the symptoms of it. II. Second
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[pic] [pic] Alzheimer ’s disease: Not Just Loss of Memory I. Introduction II. Literature Review III. Methodology IV. Data Analysis V. Discussion VI. Conclusion VII. Bibliography
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patients with Alzheimer’s. E. My first point is about the history of Alzheimer’s disease. II. Body A. History/Cause 1. Discovery: The Alzheimer’s Foundation states that Dr. Alois Alzheimer‚ while performing an autopsy‚ discovered weird proteins growing around the brain- later named Alzheimer’s. 2. Cause: unknown a. In a certain type of Alzheimer’s- like Familial Alzheimer’s disease- Alzheimer’s is caused by inheritance i. According to the Washington Post‚ this affects an estimated
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