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=RESEARCH= =QUESTION: What are the Causes of Alzheimer's Disease? Is it Contagious or Genetic?= ||  || Alzheimer's, Causes, Symptoms ||  || = = || What famous people have been diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease? What is the current treatment for Alzheimer's Disease? Is there any way to prevent Alzheimer's Disease? || Willet, Edward. __Alzheimer's Disease__. Berkeley Heights, New Jersey, U.S.A.: Enslow Publishers, Inc., 2002.
 * **Citation** "Causes of Alzheimer' Disease". __The Encyclopedia of Alzheimer's Disease__. 2003 ed. ||  ||
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 * Brain cell damage or loss of brain density can lead to memory and learning impairment. Alzheimer patients can have cognitive and/or behavioral symptoms. Cognitive symptoms affect language, memory, judgment, planning, and ability to stay focused. Behavioral symptoms affect the way we act and feel.
 * Acetylcholine decrease in Alzheimer's patients has been linked to memory loss. Acetylcholine levels in Alzheimer's patients decrease by about 90% from normal levels. Acetylcholine is one of the several neurotransmitters in the brain, along with serotonine and norepinephrine.
 * Other neurotransmitters have also been lower than normal in Alzheimer patients, neurotransmitters serotonin, somatostatin, and noradreneline. The decrease in the chemicals contributes to depression, sleeping disorders, aggressive behavior, and neuron death.
 * The detection of the protein //beta amyloid// in the brain causes the body's immune system to attack it. The inflammatory response afterwards cause nerves in the area to be damaged.
 * It has been discovered that aluminum deposits may be linked to Alzheimer's. Researchers have found traces of aluminum in autopsies of Alzheimer's patients, but only some Alzheimer's patients. Many other studies have not been able to prove that aluminum deposits in the brain have lead to the development of Alzheimer's. Scientists do not know whether the ingestion or exposure to aluminum effects the development of Alzheimer's.
 * Food toxins have also been suspect to the cause of Alzheimer's. In Canada, there was an outbreak of a brain disorder with symptoms like Alzheimer's because of an acid the people had ingested, called demoic acid.
 * The theory is that if a person's immune system breaks down, it can attack the body's own tissue. If the immune system attacks the brain it could cause Alzheimer's disease. ||  ||
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"Causes of Alzheimer' Disease". __The Encyclopedia of Alzheimer's Disease__. 2003 ed. || (words, index terms, keywords that helped you find your info) || People, Alzheimer's, || || ||
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 * Est. 20 million people suffer from Alzheimer's worldwide. It is predicted that number could increase to 45 million by 2050, as many people suffer from all types of cancer.
 * Many Famous people were also diagnosed with Alzheimer's, such as Ronald Reagan, a former president of the United States. Other Affected people include, actress, Rita Hayworth, actor, Burgess Meredith, and author, E.B. White.
 * There is no current cure from Alzheimer's, but treatment for the symptoms can give the patient a better life to live.
 * There are three types of Alzheimer's treatment agents. Anitoxidants like Vitamin E and selegiline, Cholinesterase Inhibitors that compensate for the loss of neurotransmitters, and psychotropic drugs that ease behavioral symptoms. The four FDA (Food and Drug Administration) approved drugs that treat Alzheimer's. Diseases are tacrine, rivastigmine, donepezil, and galantamine. They all are Cholinesterase Inhibitors.
 * There trials of medicines that may one day work to prevent Alzheimer's. Such trial drugs include Flurizan, which changes the enzyme that produces beta-amyloid. Another drug is called Bapineuzumab, its a vaccine the delivers antibodies to fight the beta-amyloid proteins.
 * Every 70 seconds there is a new case of Alzheimer's.
 * Every 70 seconds there is a new case of Alzheimer's.
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 * Images/video to support this || * An increase in 25 million people within 40 years is a huge number, and is hard to comprehend. That is a lot of people, and it could be us who increase the number, our generation.