Alzheimer's

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This paper discusses Alzheimer's which is a disease that attacks the brain's nerve cells and causes loss of memory, thinking and language. Unfortunately, Alzheimer's disease hits many adults when they get older. The paper explains that it is the leading cause of dementia and is a condition in which the nerve cells of the brain die, which prevents the signals or messages of the brain not be transmitted in a proper manner. This paper analyzes how this disorder affects its victims and predicts that there will a cure or a way to prevent it in the future.

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"Alzheimer's is the leading cause of dementia in adults. As a matter of fact it is responsible for 70% of all dementia disorders. As Weiten noted, "A dementia is an abnormal condition marked by multiple cognitive deficits that include memory impairment." (p.460) The worst part about it is that there is no known cure for it. It is believed to first be found in the early 1900s. "Dr. Alois Alzheimer, a German physician, first described the disease in 1906. He observed in the autopsy of a woman with dementia two kinds of abnormal structures in the brain that are now recognized as hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease--amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles."(Alzheimer's Association, 2005) That is where the name of the disease came from, it was named after the doctor who first learned about this dementia."

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