Alzheimer’s disease comes with many causes and risk factors that include age, gender, family history, Down syndrome, head injury and other factors (Anstey, et al. 2007). The older you get the greater chance you have to get Alzheimer’s. Individuals who are 65 and older are more at risk to get it. Alzheimer’s is commonly more prevalent in women than men. Like any disease, the number one thing to look at first is the subject’s family history and health characteristics which include high cholesterol levels and high blood pressure which both raise your risk to get this disease. Individuals who have had a family member who had Alzheimer’s are more likely to develop this disease as well. It isn’t clear but people who have the Down syndrome disorder
