Tangled memories: Alzheimer's disease: the story so far.(Cover Story)

From: Nutrition Action Healthletter | Date: September 1, 2002| Author: | Copyright information

It's a disease of the brain, but it breaks the heart.

Alzheimer's starts with symptoms you can ignore. We all forget where we put our keys. But ever so gradually, over months or years, Alzheimer's patients forget how to use a key. Eventually, they forget how to walk, talk, and eat. Gone is the person who--like all of us--would have done anything to avoid such a slow, pitiful end.

In fact, the odds of avoiding Alzheimer's aren't good. An estimated third to half of people older than 85 have Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia. The good news: Researchers are hunting ...

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