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Alzheimer's Research Process Essay

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Research Process Part One.

Alzheimer’s disease is a form of a cognitive impairment. It generates a large amount of dead nerve cells, thus affecting the ability of a person to remember and think clearly. Do we know the cause of the illness? Is there a solution? is it hereditary? the cause of the brain disease is still unknown. Alzheimer’s disease has been first introduced in 1906 as scientists wonders how it was affecting individuals. There is constant research and awareness of the disease that promotes Alzheimer's treatment and care.
My research process has been focused on these major database tools, “Academic Search Complete,” “JSTOR,” and “EBESCO,” for my narrowed down topics. I used “Academic …show more content…

"The Future of Alzheimer's Disease: The Next 10
Years." Progress in Neurobiology, vol. 95, no. 4, Dec. 2011, pp. 718-728. EBSCOhost,

doi:10.1016/j.pneurobio.2011.11.008.

This article will explain the latest updates and research that has been done for studying Alzheimer’s disease and future treatment options including combination of medications. It will contain the expectations for how disease will be progressing in the future and raise awareness among our society.
Although Alzheimer's disease is not talked about openly community, it affects a number of people. It is a very serious disease that can be started early or later in life, hereditary and has no cure. Alzheimer's disease puts a burden not only to the recipient, but the patient's family and caregivers. Scientists have studied this disease for many years and still have no clue as to what can be done to treat this disease. They are creating drugs that slow down the disease process, as well as relief of the symptoms of the disease but still no cure. Heredity is a major part of the development of Alzheimer's simply because there's a gene family, it does not mean that the disease is acquired. Ongoing studies and research will only help to care for

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