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    Often times dementia is thought to be an interchangeable term for Alzheimer’s disease. However, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease (AD) are two similar yet different terminologies that should not be used in exchange for the other. Dementia is a broad term that is frequently used to describe people with underlying brain disorders who experience memory, communication and cognitive deficits. Neurodegenerative disease is usually the underlying factor that causes dementia. People who have dementia are…

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    Alzheimer's Brain Disease

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    Alzheimer’s is a brain disease that slowly and progressively destroys memory cells in the brain and other types of brain cells. Today Alzheimer’s threatens the health system and about five million Americans. Death in Alzheimer’s has climbed up to fifty five percent. They say statin drugs are supposed to reduce the risk of stroke and cholesterol, but they actually increase the risk of dementia. The way that people live now is causing research to say that we will continue to die from…

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    Lost in Yourself Alzheimer’s is a disease that destroys someone’s memories and thinking skills. In the poem, “Alzheimer’s” by Kelly Cherry, the author is describing an experience she had with her elderly father who has Alzheimer’s. With struggles shown throughout the poem, it is evident to see that a life with Alzheimer’s is not one that is desired. Time is inevitable, but what matters the most is how that time is spent. Cherish the little moments in life because nothing is as it was previously…

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    Muscular dystrophy is a group of noncommunicable diseases that is passed down through heredity lines. Noncommunicable diseases are diseases that developed in humans without other species interference and that cannot be passed between people. Muscular dystrophy can be broken up into nine major forms: Myotonic, Duchenne, Becker, Limb-girdle, Facioscapulohumeral, congenital, Oculopharyngeal, Distal, and Emery-Dreifuss. Muscular dystrophy can appear at any time in one’s life, typically in infancy or…

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    Psychology Class Analysis

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    important words or aspects of the articles were, I knew the meanings. Overall I enjoyed the topics we covered in this class and the articles that we read. I have learned a lot from this class. I especially enjoyed our last section on alzheimer's disease. This…

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    Glympathic System

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    This research suggested that the system called the glympathic system which was named by (Nedergaard ,M.,& Goldman, S.A.(2016). They proved that beta-amyloid were disposed of during the sleep cycle at a much faster rate than when the body was active during the wake cycle. While the body is in the sleep cycle mode, the movement of fluids from cell to cell in the brain is being controlled and the process of disposing harmful proteins are properly channeling through the synapse however if the…

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    Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) is the most important cause of blindness in industrialized countries. The onset of macular neovascularization in AMD defines an advanced form of the disease characterized by exudative retinal changes due to an abnormal growth of newly formed vessels within the macula. This neovascularization has been divided into three types. Ref gass e ref freunf Type 1 and 2 neovascularization arise from the choroidal circulation and are refered to as choroidal…

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    of getting Alzheimer's however, some can be more prone to this disease. Alzheimer's has affected millions across the globe including Malcolm Young, the famous australian guitarist, who is currently suffering from this disease. I will be talking about this discovery, cause, symptoms, and effects of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer disease has had a huge impact on the United States of America. I will be more deeply discussing how this disease is caused and treatment or cure. Alzheimer's disease is…

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    Write at least a three-page paper discussing the symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most difficult diseases to see a loved one go through. The disease affects the brain. There is no cure to Alzheimer’s disease but early detection and with treatment and therapy; it can slow the progress of the disease significantly. Alzheimer’s disease affects the individual memory, thinking, judgment, language, ability to solve problem, movement and also…

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    In order to understand the hypothesis, first we must understand what is amyloid-beta, and how it is synthesized. Amyloid-beta is a peptide cleaved from the amyloid-beta precursor protein, which is a larger integral membrane protein found concentrated in neuronal synapsis (Masters et al., 1985;Glenner & Wong, 1984). An existing mutation in APP would lead to an increased cleavage and to a different availability of its sub products, hence increasing the amount of amyloid-beta being synthesized. A…

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