Understanding Alzheimer's disease : California Clinical Trials, Beverly Hills, California ; International Clinical Trials, London, England / Neal R. Cutler and John J. Sramek.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cutler, Neal R.

Contributor:

Sramek, John J.

National Institute on Aging.

Series:

Understanding health and sickness series.

Understanding health and sickness series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Alzheimer's disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (168 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 1996.

[Bethesda, Md.] : U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, Public Health Service, National Institutes of Health, National Institute on Aging, [2007]

Summary:

Alzheimer's disease has received growing attention in recent years because the affected population is growing quickly as life spans in America creep ever upward. As they near retirement, many Americans start to fear that any minor memory lapse-misplacing the keys or forgetting a name-might spell Alzheimer's. In reality such incidents are a normal part of the aging process. In Alzheimer's disease, such incidents progress to a point at which they interfere with normal daily activities on a regular basis, and memory loss becomes progressively more disabling. This book is written for anyone inter

Contents:

Contents; Dedication and Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1. What Happens When Someone Gets Alzheimer's Disease? Course of Disease and Diagnosis; 2. The Brain; 3. What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?; 4. Caring for Someone with Alzheimer's Disease; 5. Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease; 6. Searching for a Cure; Appendices; Notes; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [121]-124) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-48521-0

9786612485213

1-60473-700-X

0-585-21050-0

OCLC:

609863389