Alzheimer's Association

ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE In 2015, there were approximately 48 million people worldwide with AD. It most often begins in people over 65 years of age, although, 4% to 5% of cases are early-onset Alzheimer’s, which begin before this. It affects about 6% of people 65 years and older. It was first described by, and later named after, German psychiatrist and pathologist, Alois Alzheimer in 1906. (http://www.alz.co.uk/alois-alzheimer) In 1906, Alzheimer gave a lecture that made him famous. Alzheimer…

cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, suffers from early onset Alzheimer’s disease. At the age of 50, she starts to forget the words and objectives for her presentations. She forgets where she lives after a run, daily plans, recipes and people around her. It gets to the point where she has to rely on a cell phone to help her move on with her days. She feels really frustrated with herself because she knows that unlike cancer, Alzheimer’s disease can’t be fought back. She feels lost without…

OVERVIEW: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in motor control regions of the brain, as well as other areas (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the gene for a protein called huntingtin. The defect causes the cytosine, adenine, and guanine (CAG) building blocks of DNA to repeat many more times than is normal (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes…

Overview Background Transient global amnesia (TGA) has been a well-described phenomenon for more than 40 years. Clinically, it manifests with a paroxysmal, transient loss of memory function. Immediate recall ability is preserved, as is remote memory; however, patients experience striking loss of memory for recent events and an impaired ability to retain new information. In some cases, the degree of retrograde memory loss is mild. Many patients are anxious or agitated and may repeatedly ask…

Alzheimer's is a genetic disorder that can be inherited. Most people develop this disease when their 65 years or older. Alzheimer's is memory loss. The symptoms of this disease are Forgetfulness,loss of concentration, and language problems etc. Alzheimer's is a change in a gene that increases a person's risk of developing a disease. Which is a genetic mutation. This gene can be passed on to little kids so they can grow up and later have Alzheimer's. Alzheimer is not only reason or cause of…

without affecting the others. An interesting aspect of these dementias is them arise without any apparent triggering stimulus and in patients with no history of neurological deficits. Alzheimer’s disease is the most prominent of these dementias, accounting for 60-80% of total dementia cases worldwide. The Alzheimer’s disease is a multifactorial, progressive, fatal neurodegenerative disorder characterized by loss of cholinergic neurons in the hippocampus and the cerebral cortex, mainly affecting…

DISCUSSION The aim of this investigation was to see whether exercising the Vestibulo Ocular Reflex increases and improves balance throughout all ages. From the results it is clear to see that majority of the test subjects improved after doing the VOR exercise. The results showed that 9 out of 60 people decreased and the rest of the participants tested increased. A large amount of 85% applicants increase in time after stimulating the Vestibulo Ocular Reflex. The mean of test A (before…

Huntington’s disease is a progressive and fatal type of dementia caused by dominant allele in chromosome 4. (Kail & Cavanaugh, 2016, 2013, 2010, p. 44) It is an autosomal-assertive, progressive neurodegenerative affliction with a definite phenotype, including chorea, lack of coordination, cognitive deterioration, and behavioral difficulties. (Perandones, Micheli, & Radrizzani, 2010, p. vii) Huntington’s disease was identified by George Huntington in 1872. Huntington Disease is also referred to…

intelligence. Aphasia only affects a persons language capabilities. Aphasia has occurred in about 25-40% of all the people that have survived a stroke, it may also be caused by a brain tumor, brain infection, or a form of dementia such as Alzheimer's disease. In some cases aphasia…

According to the World Health Organization 2014 Report, 39 million people are blind all over the world that there are not any treatment for 20% of them [1]. Loss of vision causes a lot of problems in daily tasks, especially mobility. In recent decades, various types of portable or wearable systems have been introduced to help blind people. These systems improve their abilities either by restoring vision through stimulating proper part of the visual system (i.e. retina, optic nerve, or the visual…