world and is considered one of the most traumatizing diseases for families with elders in

them. This statement is supported by many facts and personal feelings of many stated

below. I feel that this disease is just as important as AIDS and Cancer because this disease

is very unpredictable and families see loved ones waste away their life at a longer time

span than the others. Loved ones are affected so greatly because the elders of these

families turn into people that they are not because of memory loss and brain deterioration.

Most people feel that Alzheimer's Disease is not that important to society because the

majority of the people who get diagnosed with this disease are over the age of 65 and

people feel that these people have "lived" their life already and should die soon. They feel

that the elderly are less important than the younger generations of society today.

"Alzheimer's Disease was first discovered by Alois Alzheimer. Alois Alzheimer

(1864-1915) was a German psychiatrist and neuropathologist who first discovered the

disease in 1906. Alzheimer's Disease (AD) is a progressive and degenerative disease that

earlier years and cannot care for themselves which eventually results in becoming

These changes may last for up to about twelve years. "In the third stage, the terminal

may begin to deteriorate and changes in behavior may start to become obvious. These

------------------------------------------------------------------------

Preliminary studies say that anti-inflammatory drugs could prevent inflammation. There

"In Alzheimer's Disease the nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls

These cells develop distinctive changes that are called neurotic plaques (clusters of

Some common words found in the essay are:
Alzheimer's Disease, Disease Preliminary, Disease AD, AIDS Cancer, Disease Treatments, alzheimer's disease, Adult Time-Life, Parents Stickley, Alois Alzheimer, Maddo Springer, Extention Harbor, memory loss, loved ones, difficulty finding words, alois alzheimer, memory thinking, difficulty finding, person alzheimer's, age 65, people feel, stage persons affected, slow course disease, person alzheimer's disease, finding words,
Approximate Word count = 1340
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)