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Record Nr.

UNINA9910663678703321

Autore

Cutler Neal R

Titolo

Understanding Alzheimer's disease [[electronic resource] ] : California Clinical Trials, Beverly Hills, California ; International Clinical Trials, London, England / / Neal R. Cutler and John J. Sramek

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Jackson [Miss.], : University Press of Mississippi, 1996

[Bethesda, Md.] : , : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, , [2007]

ISBN

1-282-48521-0

9786612485213

1-60473-700-X

0-585-21050-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (168 p.)

Collana

Understanding health and sickness series

Altri autori (Persone)

SramekJohn J

Disciplina

616.8/31

Soggetti

Alzheimer's disease

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-124) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Dedication and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Happens When Someone Gets Alzheimer's Disease? Course of Disease and Diagnosis; 2. The Brain; 3. What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?; 4. Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease; 5. Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease; 6. Searching for a Cure; Appendices; Notes; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Alzheimer's disease has received growing attention in recent years because the affected population is growing quickly as life spans in America creep ever upward. As they near retirement, many Americans start to fear that any minor memory lapse-misplacing the keys or forgetting a name-might spell Alzheimer's. In reality such incidents are a normal part of the aging process. In Alzheimer's disease, such incidents progress to a point at which they interfere with normal daily activities on a regular basis, and memory loss becomes progressively more disabling. This book is written for anyone inter