Alzheimer’s: A Disease We No Can Longer Afford to Sweep Under the Rug
Abstract
Alzheimer’s is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease that destroys brain cells, affecting a person’s memory, personality, mood, body function and behavior. It affects men and women, as well as all racial and ethnic groups. It is always fatal. Across the nation, an estimated 5.4 million people are living with the disease, touching one in eight people older than 65.
Ever since German physician Alois Alzheimer discovered the link between these symptoms and microscopic brain changes in 1906, researchers have been searching for a cure or treatment. So far, there isn’t even a definitive method to stop the disease from progressing after onset.
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