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Alzheimer’s Disease and Appetite

Alzheimer’s disease can cause a person to have a decrease in appetite and lose interest in food. Some researchers believe that in the late stages of this disease the part of the brain that controls the muscles used in swallowing become damaged and a person forgets how to swallow. Getting a person with Alzheimer’s to eat [...]

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Alzheimer’s and Vitamin B3

Vitamin B3, also known as niacin, has been proven to help lower cholesterol. However, research has indicated that when people eat foods that contain niacin they have protection against Alzheimer’s disease and the cognitive decline that come with aging. In a clinical trial that ran for six years researchers studied over 3,500 people aged 65 [...]

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Alzheimer’s Disease and Brain Changes

When a person has Alzheimer’s disease, physical changes occur in the brain that will affect how the brain functions. Two types of brain lesions – amyloid plaques and tau protein tangles – are responsible for these changes and this has been well documented by medical research. CT and PET scan may reveal changes [...]

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Alzheimer’s: Not Ordinary Aging

Alzheimer’s disease gradually robs a person of their ability to care for themselves, but most saddening is the loss of memory that occurs with this dreaded disease. Some memory loss as a person ages is a natural part of life. Forgetting what you came into a room to do, where you put your keys, [...]

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Early-Onset Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease normally manifests after age 60; however, there are a small number of people who begin to show true Alzheimer’s symptoms in their 40s and 50s. When this occurs, and a definitive diagnosis is made, the condition is called early-onset Alzheimer’s disease, to distinguish it from that which appears after age 60. The same symptoms [...]

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Alzheimer’s Disease: Genes Identified for Alzheimer’s Risk

Alzheimer’s disease is a devastating illness for the sufferer as well as family members. Stopping or slowing the development of the disease is essential in helping sufferers beat the its debilitating effects. There are many mysteries of Alzheimer’s but researchers are actively trying to uncover it. One of the mysteries is what puts people at [...]

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Alzheimer’s – Early Onset

Alzheimer’s actually manifests itself in different stages. Each stage, or series of stages, is defined as early-onset, mild to moderate, moderate to severe, and at the last, severe Alzheimer’s. The first three stages include no discernable Alzheimer’s symptoms at all (Stage 1). As time passes, then gradual discernment as the patient begins to forget simple things, [...]

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