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Narrative Essay On Alzheimer's Disease

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Meyer Mercker Mrs. Donahoe Adv. English 1 28 Nov. 2014 Our knowledge of Alzheimer’s Story of my Search Alzheimer's disease is currently one of the leading causes of death in America. It is a disease that is striking fear in adults all around the world. With this information one might think we would have this disease under control right now, especially because it has been around for a long time. However scientists haven’t even developed a cure yet. One might be wondering why we haven’t developed a cure yet if it is such a big problem. Even though scientists are starting to develop treatments for Alzheimer’s, they still don't know much about it despite all the research. In fact 90 percent of the knowledge we know about the disease has been learned in the past fifteen years. Before my research I had already known a basic idea of what the disease is and what it does. I already know that Alzheimer’s is a chronic disease that usually appears in adults after the age of fifty and it does not yet have a cure. I also knew some of the symptoms such as memory loss or that people become forgetful of everyday tasks. Other than this, I do not know much about the disease. The reason I know this much is because my grandmother has many similar, less severe, symptoms to Alzheimer’s disease. This is also my …show more content…

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