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Alzheimer’s

SUMMARY:
This article gives you some insight on the disease Alzheimer’s, which affects nearly half of every person over 85. Alzheimer’s is a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to do daily activities that are usually common sense. Alzheimer’s disease affects the parts of the brain that controls thought, memory, and language. Alzheimer’s starts off as mild forgetfulness such as recent events, activities, or even simple math problems. Slowly AD takes over the body and in the later stages a person with this disease can forget how to do simple tasks such as brushing their teeth. They can even forget loved ones who are very close.
Scientist and researches still do not know the exact cause of AD. Age is one of the main factors that cause AD, family history of this disease, and different levels of apolopoprotein E (apoE) may also be a factor of AD. In addition to apoE there are may leads about what may cause AD are being studied such as education, die...

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