Alzheimer's Disease Treatment and Symptoms entities AD; Alzheimer disease; Alzheimer//'s disease; Alzheimer///'s disease; DAT - Dementia Alzheimer's type; familial Alzheimer disease (FAD); Presenile and senile dementia; Primary Senile Degenerative Dementia; SDAT
"Alzheimer" redirects here. For other uses, see Alzheimer (disambiguation). Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative disease characterized by progressive cognitive deterioration together with declining activities of daily living and neuropsychiatric symptoms or behavioral changes. It is the most common cause of dementia. The most striking early symptom is memory loss (amnesia), which usually manifests as minor forgetfulness that becomes steadily more pronounced with illness progre ...
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Alzheimer's Disease Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- Nemours Foundation http://www.Nemours.org
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- National Center for Health Statistics
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Food and Drug Administration
- National Institute of General Medical Sciences http://www.nigms.nih.gov/
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences http://www.niehs.nih.gov/
- National Institute of Mental Health http://www.nimh.nih.gov/
- Dolan DNA Learning Center
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- Administration on Aging
- Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/
- Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institute of Mental Health
- Fisher Center for Alzheimer's Research Foundation
- National Institute of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Office of Consumer Affairs, OEA, FDA,
- National Institute of Mental Health Information Center http://www.nimh.nih.gov/ocpl/index.htm
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS http://www.ahcpr.gov/news/pubsix.htm
- National Library of Medicine, NIH, HHS http://www.nlm.nih.gov/
- Administration on Aging, HHS http://www.aoa.gov/
- Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/index.htm
- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.alzheimers.org/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
- Office of the Director http://www.nih.gov/icd/od/
- Lab Tests Online http://www.labtestsonline.org/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- HealthWorld http://www.healthy.net/
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/
Resources
- (National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS)
- ''''The Free-Radical Theory of Aging: Part I - How it all began'''' (HealthWorld)