| Alzheimer's is a devastating disease that
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| | judgment, problems with abstract
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| robs individuals of their memories,
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| | thinking, misplacing things, changes in
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| ability to recognize their loved ones or
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| | mood or behavior, changes in personality
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| even to complete simple tasks for
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| | and loss of initiative. "You don't need
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| themselves, but there are treatments
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| | to have a doctorate degree to know
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| available to help slow the course of
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| | something is wrong," Ms. Marcell writes
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| Alzheimer's disease and researchers are
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| | in her blog, "but you do need a doctor
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| working hard to find a cure.
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| | who can diagnose and treat (Alzheimer's)
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| Alzheimer's disease is considered a
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| | properly."
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| condition of the elderly affecting mostly
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| | Right now the aim of treatment is to slow
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| those over the age of 65. While there are
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| | or mask the cognitive deterioration
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| so called early onset cases that occur in
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| | caused by the disease and to increase the
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| younger adults they are rare. 23,000
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| | brains ability to think, recognize,
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| people die each year in the United States
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| | perceive and judge. Treatment is also
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| from Alzheimer's disease. It is the
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| | helpful in reducing the behavioral
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| leading cause of dementia, making it the
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| | problems associated with the more
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| eighth leading cause of death among older
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| | advanced stages of the disease. The side
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| Americans. Though there is currently no
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| | effects for the most commonly used
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| cure for the condition, understanding the
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| | medications: Aricept, Cognex, Exelon and
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| progress of the disease can help
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| | Namenda can include nausea and vomiting,
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| researchers, care-giving family members
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| | liver damage, psychiatric disturbances,
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| and those afflicted.
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| | weight loss, tremor, sore muscles,
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| The disease is hallmarked by atrophy, or
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| | fatigue, dizziness and urinary tract
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| shrinking, of the cortical tissues in the
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| | problems. Razadyne is the exception;
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| brain. In people with Alzheimer's disease
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| | though there are risks for nausea and
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| nerve cells become bunched together
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| | vomiting and a few other problematic
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| forming tangled webs of brain tissue
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| | symptoms, no serious side effects have
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| filaments (neurofibrillary tangles) and
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| | been reported.
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| near these tangles patches of cellular
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| | Some treatments work better than others
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| debris, called senile plaques, are found.
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| | and differently for different patients,
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| Plaques are made up of dead cells and
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| | so every patient needs to have their
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| proteins. It is believed that these brain
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| | symptoms and treatment responses
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| abnormalities cause a disruption of the
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| | reevaluated frequently. Flexible,
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| electrical impulses in the brain. As more
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| | supervised care from a knowledgeable
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| and more tangles and plaques collect in
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| | physician is of paramount importance.
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| the brain the body receives fewer and
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| | Alzheimer's disease isn't curable but
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| fewer messages from it and the person's
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| | there are treatments that can slow its
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| ability to function deteriorates.
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| | progress and promising research that may
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| According to Elder Rage author and radio
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| | one day lead to a cure. Understanding the
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| host Jacqueline Marcell the warning signs
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| | stages of the disease and its progression
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| of the affliction include: memory loss,
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| | can help those who are afflicted, their
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| difficulty performing familiar tasks,
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| | loved ones and researchers ensure the
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| problems with language, disorientation to
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| | best treatment now and promote hope for
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| time and place, poor or decreased
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| | the future.
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