Alzheimer's Association

Degenerative diseases are increasingly on the rise, traditionally affecting the elderly, but in recent times, children and adults too. Often, they are either incurable or very difficult to cure resulting in many sick people with limited potential to restore them. Over the last few years, a new development has been found for those with degenerative diseases: Stem Cells. To understand how stem cells work, first we have to understand how a degenerative disease works. Most degenerative diseases are…

Multiple Sclerosis is a disease where the immune system eats away at the protective, myelin or layer covering nerves. This disease is also known as MS, which is Multiple Sclerosis abbreviated. MS has a very big effect on a person and their family, knowing this because my aunt was diagnosed with MS before she passed away. Currently there is not a known cause from Multiple Sclerosis, but science have theories. Some believe that it is a result of combination of genetics, and some believe it is…

disorientation is caused by dementia or alzheimer's. It is known that the older you are the less non-important things you remember. Like what you had for dinner and what not. Some are able to keep most important major memories like what happened in a war they were in, or when someone died. Some elder people lose most, if not all memories due to mental conditions like alzheimer’s. Some elderly people be short tempered due…

Systemic Telomere Length and Aging Telomeres represent essential structure for genome stability, since their role is to protect the extremities of linear chromosomes from degradation and recombination. Furthermore, they also participate in the nuclear architecture, as well as in the meiosis-specific genome recombination and reorganization. Telomere length is the result of the equilibrium between shortening and lengthening mechanisms, and in many different organisms there is a decrease in…

Huntington’s Disease What is Huntington’s? A family passed down disease which is an autosomal dominant trait characterized by the onset of Chorea and Dementia after the ages of 40-50? Signs of initial onset of the disease include paranoia, poor impulse control, depression, hallucinations, and delusions. Over time, there will be an intellectual impairment, loss of fine motor control, athetosis, and diffuse chorea involving axial and limb musculature develops. Normally, an individual will end up…

to find the right words and that they have trouble remembering the names of newly introduced acquaintances. They will begin to lose their personal items including valuables. Planning and organization skills may decline. The person affected with Alzheimer's might repeat questions various…

Early stages of dementia communication skills can have the person taking their time in understanding and replying whilst in the latter stages this level of communication diminishes. Common forms of communication problems are: 1. Dysphasia – receptive where there is no understanding of words or expressive where there is no speech. (Tip: get client to use yes/no responses) 2. Repetition – sign of distress or a way of self-comforting. (Tip: observe body language as an indicator) 3. Slowness –…

We have lived with Alzheimer's for as long as we can remember, and with some caveman remains appearing to belong to people in their seventies, it is very likely that Alzheimer's has been a part of human life since human life began. But today we are facing it far more seriously than ever before. With increases in life expectancy and more respectful treatment of people with mental ailments, we are beginning to see the havoc caused by Alzheimer's and are making increasingly great efforts to…

can be erased furthermore gone from the human’s brain. Enhancing the significant memories that everybody would love facing, as well by keeping their memories forever. Therefore individuals with post – traumatic stress disorder, dementia or even Alzheimer’s disease wouldn’t suffer anymore. 2.) Information:…

Alzheimer’s disease is a degenerative neurological condition that causes severe cognitive deficits. Generally, the disease occurs in adults over the age of 65, although there is a subset of individuals that have what is called early-onset Alzheimer’s where the disease occurs at a much younger age. Alzheimer’s is caused by an abnormal buildup of proteins in the brain called Taos and Plaques. These Taos and Plaques causes tearing on the neurons in the brain disrupting the neural pathways, causing…