Alzheimer's Disease and Aluminum

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This paper attempts to determine from existing literature if there is a causal connection between aluminum (AL) and Alzheimer's disease (AD). The paper begins with a description of the symptoms of AD and an explanation of the physiological deterioration that AD causes. This is followed by a discussion of the reasons that hereditary causes have been ruled out, a review of the literature on AD, and the potential causal relationship to AL.

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"One of the most distressing elements of the crippling Alzheimer's disease AD is that patients have no way of determining if they are at risk for the disease, nor treating the disease once it begins to set into the brain. Patients are slowly robbed of the ability to remember small details of life, and then ultimately fail to be able to process even the simplest thoughts. Thus researchers are looking for elements which are connected to the onset of AD, and one of the most promising connections found to date is the connection between AD and the presence of aluminum (AL) in the body. Researchers do know currently know if AL is a causative agent, or appears in the tissues as a byproduct which is attracted from other parts of the body as a result of the neurological breakdowns."

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