Alzheimer's Disease Screening and Prevention 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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Preventing Alzheimer’s Disease
... Can Alzheimer’s disease be prevented? Because the exact cause of Alzheimer’s disease is unknown, there currently is nothing that can be done to prevent the disease. In addition, because the controllab...
Source: Cleveland Clinic
Prevention ... Right now, there''s no way to prevent the onset of Alzheimer''s disease. Researchers had developed what looked to be a promising vaccine against Alzheimer''s that worked by stopping deposits of beta-a...
Source: MayoClinic
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Resources
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- ''''The Free-Radical Theory of Aging: Part I - How it all began'''' (HealthWorld)