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=**What is Alzheimer's?**=

Alzheimer's Disease is a type of memory loss caused by brain deterioration. It can start to develop in people in their thirties, but it is most common in people over age of 65. This disease is known by it's affects on causing victims to forget a wide range of things such as name of an item like a pencil, to getting loss at their own homes and even fail to recognize loved ones and treat them as strangers instead.



Almost 90% of cases occur in the elderly, and as many as 50% of people over age 85 might have the disease. Four million people in America have Alzheimer’s and one of the most famous is former US president Ronald Reagan. Studies suggest that as many as 19 million adults and children have a relative with the disease. As many as 37 million Americans know someone with it. As more Americans live to advanced ages in the 21st century, the number of peop le with Alzheimer’s could reach 14million.
 * There is a new Alzheimer's case every 70 seconds!!**

The disease costs American businesses more than 33 billion a year most of that 26 million comes from employees who must miss work to take care for relatives with Alzheimer's disease. The rest is money spent on health insurance, research, and taxes for government programs like Medicare. Patients with Alzheimer's disease can live as long as 20 years with the disease. The average person lives eight years after diagnosis of the condition.

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__What do you know?__ How long can patients live after being diagnosed with Alzheimer's Disease?

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What do you know? (Answer) Patients with Alzheimer's disease can live as long as 20 years with the disease.