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Alzheimer's Disease Deepak Teen Health 8 What Is Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is a disease which causes a person to have memory loss. Some.

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2 Alzheimer's Disease Deepak Teen Health 8

3 What Is Alzheimer's Disease? Alzheimer’s disease is a disease which causes a person to have memory loss. Some conversations also become difficult.

4 What Causes the Disease? Scientist are not sure what causes it. Age might be a factor to getting the disease.

5 How Many People Have Alzheimer's Disease? About 4 million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease. Could be 14 million in the near future. President R. Reagan has Alzheimer's Disease for a long period of time.

6 Symptoms for Alzheimer’s Disease A few were, memory loss, problems with language, and misplacing things.

7 The Prognosis for Alzheimer’s Disease. As the disease progresses, you will find it increasingly difficult to think and remember, learn new information and make decisions.

8 Current Research for Alzheimer’s Disease. There is no cure or prevention for this disease, but scientists are still working on a prevention, and they are still looking for the cause of this disease.

9 A Famous Person With Alzheimer’s Disease. One famous person was president Reagan. Reagan has had Alzheimer’s disease for about 7 years. He cannot even remember his daughter and wife’s name.

10 The Facts Alzheimer's disease affects the memory of a person. No scientists have found the cure.

11 Bibliography Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer’s Disease. Internet WWW page, at URL: http://www.alz.org (1999) White House. Ronald Reagan. Internet WWW page, at URL: http://www.Whitehouse.org (1999)

12 The End

13 Questions?


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