The typical visible symptom is progresive and chronic memory loss, and the average duration is ten years. The previous definition
just described Alzhiemers disease. A disease that is considered to be a major public health challenge
since the average age of the industilized world is increasing.
ALheimers disease is destroying the brains and lives of our mations older adults, and robbing the of their memory, the ablity to reason and affecting their emotions and behavior.
Alheimers disease is a degenarative disorder of the brian and the longer we live the greater we are at risk. It has one specific cause and
not a hundred percent accurate diagnosis and as of yet no cure.
This disease has become widely know by many people. In the 1900 the average American was fortyy-nine years old, so very few people weere diagnosised with it. Few lived long enough to develop symptoms. As people grow older today the risk for developing alheimers is greater.
Many illnesses and diseases are......
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