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Alzheimer’s disease impacts more than 6 million Americans, slowly destroying memory and thinking skills until people are unable to do even the simplest tasks. But the medical community has ...
With an estimated 6.9 million Americans aged 65 and older currently living with Alzheimer's disease, the road to a cure seems long and uncertain. But as the year comes to a close, experts are ...
Alzheimer's is now the sixth-leading cause of death in the United States. It has risen 140.9% from 2000 to 2021. Deaths from heart disease and stroke have actually decreased during that time.
Newly revised diagnostic criteria for Alzheimer’s may help improve disease prognosis. Image credit: Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images. This article originally appeared on Medical News Today
“Alzheimer’s disease has a long pre-symptomatic period; Alzheimer’s-related changes take place in the brain 10, 15, even 20 years before the onset of memory and thinking symptoms.
Alzheimer’s disease is a neurodegenerative disease that involves a gradual and irreversible decline in memory, thinking, and, eventually, the ability to perform daily activities.