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Alzheimer's Disease

What is Alzheimer's disease?

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects thinking and memory skills. If you have AD, it can impair your ability to reason or learn new skills until it becomes difficult to complete daily activities.

AD begins slowly over many years. It first involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language. It may be mistaken for normal memory changes with aging. However, AD is not a normal part of aging. The brain changes from the disease lead to symptoms that get worse over time.

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  1. Alzheimer's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    What is Alzheimer's disease? Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/alzheimersdisease.html - Health Topics
  2. Thinking About Your Risk for Alzheimer's Disease? Five Questions To Consider From the National Institutes of Health (National Institute on Aging)  
    Alzheimer's Disease/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Alzheimer's Disease ... National Institute on Aging ... From the National Institutes of Health
    https://www.nia.nih.gov/...g-about-your-risk-alzheimers-disease-five - External Health Links
  3. Alzheimer's disease 
    ... percent of all cases of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer's disease currently affects more than 5 million Americans. Because the risk of developing Alzheimer' ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/condition/alzheimers-disease - Genetics
  4. Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP): Frequently Asked Questions (Foundation for PSP/CBD and Related Brain Diseases)  
    Progressive Supranuclear Palsy/Learn More ... Progressive Supranuclear Palsy ... CurePSP's mission is to increase awareness, educate, and find a cure for Progressive ...
    https://www.psp.org/iwanttolearn/faq - External Health Links
  5. Mild Cognitive Impairment (Alzheimer's Association)  
    Mild Cognitive Impairment/Start Here ... Mild Cognitive Impairment ... Alzheimer's Association ... Learn about mild cognitive impairment (MCI) symptoms, diagnosis, causes, ...
    https://www.alz.org/.../related_conditions/mild-cognitive-impairment - External Health Links
  6. Nourish Your Brain (American Academy of Family Physicians)  
    Mild Cognitive Impairment/Prevention and Risk Factors ... Mild Cognitive Impairment ... American Academy of Family Physicians
    https://familydoctor.org/nourish-your-brain/?adfree=true - External Health Links
  7. PSEN2 gene 
    ... gene have been shown to cause early-onset Alzheimer's disease. Mutations in this gene account for less than 5 percent of all early-onset cases of the ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/genetics/gene/psen2 - Genetics
  8. Hands-On Skills for Caregivers (Family Caregiver Alliance)  
    Caregivers/Start Here ... Caregivers ... Family Caregiver Alliance
    https://www.caregiver.org/resource/hands-skills-caregivers - External Health Links
  9. Caregiver Statistics: Demographics (Family Caregiver Alliance)  
    Caregivers/Statistics and Research ... Caregivers ... Family Caregiver Alliance
    https://www.caregiver.org/resource/caregiver-statistics-demographics - External Health Links
  10. Vitamin E (Harvard School of Public Health)  
    Vitamin E/Learn More ... Vitamin E ... Harvard School of Public Health ... Vitamin E is a fat-soluble vitamin which acts as an antioxidant in the body. It also enhances ...
    https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins/vitamin-e - External Health Links
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