| Alzheimer's disease
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| | problems speaking, understanding or
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| Are you concerned that you or someone you
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| | writing. Later on, people with
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| know may have Alzheimer's disease? Age is
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| | Alzheimer's disease may become anxious or
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| the most important risk factor for
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| | aggressive, or wander away from home.
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| Alzheimer's disease; the number of people
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| | Eventually, patients need total care.
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| with the disease doubles every 5 years
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| | Tests to diagnose Alzheimer's disease
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| beyond age 65. Alzheimer's disease is NOT
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| | include questions about the person's
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| a normal part of aging.
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| | general health, past medical problems,
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| Alzheimer's disease is characterized in
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| | and ability to carry out daily
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| the brain by abnormal clumps (amyloid
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| | activities. Other tests for Alzheimer's
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| plaques) and tangled bundles of fibers
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| | disease include memory tests, problem
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| (neurofibrillary tangles) composed of
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| | solving, attention, counting, and
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| misplaced proteins. When these proteins
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| | language skills. Medical tests are
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| grow larger, they trigger an inflammatory
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| | generally tests of blood, urine, or
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| reaction in the brain's immune system
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| | spinal fluid.
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| that begins to kill surrounding brain
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| | Some people in the early and middle
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| cells. This causes deterioration in
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| | stages of the disease, the drugs tacrine
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| certain areas of the brain that control
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| | (CognexÂ(R)), donepezil (AriceptÂ(R)),
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| thinking, communication, and behavior.
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| | rivastigmine (ExelonÂ(R)), or
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| Suspected causes of Alzheimer's disease
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| | galantamine (RazAlzheimer's
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| are being investigated including factors
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| | diseaseyneÂ(R), formerly known as
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| in the environment, biochemical
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| | ReminylÂ(R)) may help prevent some
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| disturbances and immune processes. Low
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| | symptoms from becoming worse for a
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| levels of the nutrients folic acid,
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| | limited time. Another drug, memantine
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| pyridoxine (B6), and cobalamin (B12) are
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| | (NamendaÂ(R)), has been approved to
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| common for an individual with Alzheimer's
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| | treat moderate to severe Alzheimer's
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| disease. Altered taurine metabolism has
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| | disease, although it also is limited in
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| been found in patients with Alzheimer's
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| | its effects.
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| disease, and it is thought this
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| | Possible treatment for Alzheimer's
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| abnormality might contribute to the
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| | disease includes an antioxidant, vitamin
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| characteristic memory loss.
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| | E which doesn't require a prescription.
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| Alzheimer's disease begins slowly. People
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| | Vitamin E can be purchased
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| may have trouble remembering recent
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| | over-the-counter. It is best taken under
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| events, activities, or the names of
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| | a doctor's supervision to monitor for
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| familiar people or things. They may not
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| | possible side effects. Another is a
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| be able to solve simple math problems.
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| | dietary supplement that appears to be
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| Such difficulties may be a bother, but
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| | similar in effectiveness to the
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| usually they are not serious enough to
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| | Alzheimer's drugs that are currently on
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| cause alarm.
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| | the market, huperzine A. However, because
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| People in the middle stages of
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| | huperzine A is a dietary supplement, it
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| Alzheimer's disease may forget how to do
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| | isn't regulated in the same manner that
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| simple tasks like brushing their teeth or
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| | Alzheimer's drugs are and quality and
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| combing their hair. They begin to have
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| | purity can't be assured.
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