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Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out daily activities.

AD begins slowly. It first involves the parts of the brain that control thought, memory and language. People with AD may have trouble remembering things that happened recently or names of people they know. A related problem, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), causes more memory problems than normal for people of the same age. Many, but not all, people with MCI will develop AD.

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  1. Alzheimer's Disease (National Library of Medicine)  
    Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most common form of dementia among older people. Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person's ability to carry out ...
    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 ... Foundation for PSP/CBD and Related Brain Diseases
    https://www.psp.org/iwanttolearn/faq - External Health Links
  5. Mild Cognitive Impairment (Alzheimer's Association)  
    Learn about mild cognitive impairment (MCI) symptoms, diagnosis, causes, treatments and how this disorder relates to Alzheimer's and other dementias. ... Mild ...
    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 with several forms, but alpha-tocopherol is the only one ...
    https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/nutritionsource/vitamins/vitamin-e - External Health Links
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