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NOTES Causes =QUESTION:= || What are the main causes of Alzheimer’s? ||  Have definition or something.. for big words n stuff. Symptoms =QUESTION:= || What are the symptoms for Alzheimer’s Disease? || Neil Izenburg, MD, Editor in Chief The Nemours Foundation Publishes in 2000 || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Symptoms, Memory Loss, Dementia, Hallucination, "Slow Death Sentence" || Agitatoin, Combativeness, Delusions, Depression, Hallucinations, Insomnia, Wandering. 10 SIGNS -[] ||
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 * **Citation** || Alzheimer’s Disease, Carol Turkington, 2003. ||
 * **Subject of notes** || Neurons, acetylcholine, neurotransmitters, hippocampus, cerebral cortex, synaptic cleft, serotonin, sematostatin, beta amyloid, neurofibrillary tangles, plaques. ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || The hippocampus and the cerebral cortex have the highest amount of acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter that allows the neuron to send impulses through the synaptic cleft, they are found on the tips of the axon), and people with AD have low levels of acetylcholine.
 * Faster rate of brain deterioration and neurons dying due to the buildup of beta-amyloid deposits, this disrupts normal brain function.
 * People with AD have as much as 90% lower acetylcholine levels in areas of the brain critical to memory.
 * Neurofibrillary tangles (like a tangle of yarn, except it is microtubules) and beta-amyloid plaques also cause the brain to malfunction and cells to die.
 * Overall, AD is caused by no one thing but a combination: lower levels of acetylcholine, beta-amyloid plaques, and neurofibrillary tangles. All of these cause the irreplaceable brain cells to die. || ||  ||
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 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || Human Diseases and Conditoins Volume 1
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || Memory loss ; In early stage, patient feels anxious but eventually become adept at overcoming the problems. ; Affect the person’s ability to to perform activities of daily living. ; Starts to show strange behavior or poor judgment ; 70% experience AGITATION, 60-70% become apathetic, 40-50% develop delusional disorders and psychosis, half are depressed, anxious or irritable, 30% become disinhibited and 10%. HALLUCINATIONS
 * Memory Loss - forgetting names, unexplainable confusion
 * Problems with family tasks - forgot they served a meal
 * Language problems - forgets words or phrases
 * Disorientation - get lose on their own street
 * Poor judgement - dressing inappropriately
 * Abstrat thinking problems - forget how to recognize #
 * Misplacing things - forget they have a car
 * Personality changes - become extremely confused, suspicious, fearful and dependent
 * Changes in mood or behavior - rapid mood swings
 * Loss or Initiative - become very passive, not wanting to do usual activities
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 * Images/video to support this || People usually think forgetting few things once in a while is normal for everybody. That might be true for most people, but Alzheimer's patients forget lots more compare to normal people. In early stages, they might start to feel anxious all the time but will become adept at overcoming the problems over time. ||

Treatment =QUESTION:= || What are the treatments for Alzheimer’s Disease? || (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Cholinesterase, acetylcholine, neuron, antioxidants, omega-3 || Paste the table of possible drug treatments into the wikispaces page for a better and clearer understanding. ||  ||   ||
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 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || "Standard Treatments." __Alzheimer's Association__. 2009 Alzheimer's Association. 2009 . ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * ** Cholinesterase inhibitors prevent the breakdown of acetylcholine (a neurotransmitter) so neurons with Alzheimer’s disease can function normally for a while. **
 * Some natural vitamins and minerals can help slow down the progression are vitamin E, antioxidants, and ginko biloba. All of these help the wearing and tearing of brains tissue and cells. Another natural treatment is omega-3 fatty acids that protect nerve cell membranes and heart vessels.
 * The drugs tacrine, donepezil, rivastigmine, or galantamine may treat AD but not stop it. All of these drugs have serious side effects such as liver damage. ||
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Prevention =QUESTION:= || How can Alzheimer’s Disease be prevented? ||
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 * **Citation** (title, author, publication, date, URL, etc.) || "Treatment." National Institute On Aging. 5 Feb 2009. National Institute On Aging. 5 Feb 2009 .

|| (include the words or phrases from keyword searches) || Omega-3 fatty acids, neurons, acetylcholine, transmission || Alzheimer’s is still a relatively unknown disease and there are many causes so thus prevention is varied. || I believe thamost effective The most effective way to lower the risk of developing Alzheimer’s Disease is to maintain a healthy lifestyle and to remain socially active. A lot of degenerative diseases develop from having unhealthy lifestyles. ||
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 * Try to find a short effective quote || * There are not many things that can be done to ensure total protection from Alzheimer’s disease, but there are actions that can be taken to lower your risks such as consume a low fat diet, eat plenty of omega-3 fatty acids, exercise your brain with puzzles, have a normal blood pressure, eat less butter and margarine, and stay mentally and emotionally active.
 * There is not one perfect way to prevent this disease because scientists have not yet hit the bulls eye in developing a vaccine or a drug for prevention.
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=QUESTION:= || Ronald Reagan's Death - Alzheimer's? || His four physicians confirmed that he had shown no symptoms of Alzheimer's during his presidency. Reagan did forget a few names, but a physician employed as a reporter at New York Times stated that it is hard to distinguish the line between Alzheimer's Disease and becoming more forgetful. Reagan fell off a horse before that some believed that could possibly be a minor cause of his Alzheimer's Disease. Eventually he was only able to recognize very few people, not even his own wife Nancy Reagan. His wife and family decided that as his Alzheimer's Disease worsen, it was best to let him live in quiet isolation. Therefore, his public appearances was less frequent and eventually stopped. Ronald Reagan notified the public that he was diagnosed by Alzheimer's Disease by writing a letter. "I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer's Disease... At the moment I feel just fine. I intend to live the remainder of the years God gives me on this earth doing the things I have always done... I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life. I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead. Thank you, my friends. May God always bless you." There were a lot of people that sent in well-wish letters and encouraged him through his "sunset of his life". His wife Nancy Reagan said, "Ronnie would want people to remember him as he was..." || ||  || If Reagan's family didn't let him live in quiet isolation, he will probably be the media's attention but might not be able to recognize anyone and not knowing why there are all these cameras around him. ||  ||
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 * **Citation** || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ronald Reagan, Wikipedia ||
 * **Subject of notes** || <span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Ronald Reagan ||
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 * Images/video to support this || Ronald Reagan had both supporters and people that thought his politic plans were complete failures. With this example, we can clearly see that Alzheimer's can get very frustrating at times as it worsens, because victims cant recognize family or loved ones and often times treat them as complete strangers.