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Alzheimer's Disease
DeepakTeen Health 8
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What Is Alzheimer's Disease?
• Alzheimer’s disease is a disease which causes a person to have memory loss.
• Some conversations also become difficult.
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What Causes the Disease?
• Scientist are not sure what causes it.
• Age might be a factor to getting the disease.
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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.
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Symptoms for Alzheimer’s Disease
• A few were, memory loss, problems with language, and misplacing things.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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The Facts
• Alzheimer's disease affects the memory of a person.
• No scientists have found the cure.
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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)
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The End
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Questions?