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Alzheimer’s Disease: What You Need to Know as You Age
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 1357" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/alzheimers-disease/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age" target="_blank"><strong>Alzheimer’s Disease: What You Need to Know as You Age - Johns Hopkins</strong></a></p><p></p><p>n estimated 5.2 million Americans are living with <a href="http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/nervous_system_disorders/alzheimers_disease_85,P00772/" target="_blank"> Alzheimer’s disease </a> (AD), the most common form of <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/diseases_and_conditions/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age#definitions_block" target="_blank"> dementia </a> in the world and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Today’s statistics are just the tip of the iceberg, however. By 2025, the number of people afflicted will top 7 million—a 40 percent jump—as baby boomers continue to age and people live longer overall.</p><p></p><p>Although the risk of AD increases with age, it is <em>not</em> a usual part of aging or something that should be expected in older people, says <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0004302/constantine-lyketsos" target="_blank"> Constantine Lyketsos, M.D.</a>, director of the Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins. In fact, early onset Alzheimer’s can occur in people younger than 65, although it accounts for a small number of all cases. The rest are classified as late onset.</p><p></p><p>Alzheimer’s and many other dementias occur as a result of damage to <a href="https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/diseases_and_conditions/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age#definitions_block" target="_blank"> neurons </a> in the brain that affects their ability to communicate with each other. Over time, those neurons’ death and malfunction affects memory, learning, mood, behavior, and eventually physical functions, such as walking, and swallowing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 1357, member: 1"] [URL='https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/conditions-and-diseases/alzheimers-disease/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age'][B]Alzheimer’s Disease: What You Need to Know as You Age - Johns Hopkins[/B][/URL] n estimated 5.2 million Americans are living with [URL='http://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/healthlibrary/conditions/adult/nervous_system_disorders/alzheimers_disease_85,P00772/'] Alzheimer’s disease [/URL] (AD), the most common form of [URL='https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/diseases_and_conditions/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age#definitions_block'] dementia [/URL] in the world and the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. Today’s statistics are just the tip of the iceberg, however. By 2025, the number of people afflicted will top 7 million—a 40 percent jump—as baby boomers continue to age and people live longer overall. Although the risk of AD increases with age, it is [I]not[/I] a usual part of aging or something that should be expected in older people, says [URL='https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/profiles/results/directory/profile/0004302/constantine-lyketsos'] Constantine Lyketsos, M.D.[/URL], director of the Memory and Alzheimer’s Treatment Center at Johns Hopkins. In fact, early onset Alzheimer’s can occur in people younger than 65, although it accounts for a small number of all cases. The rest are classified as late onset. Alzheimer’s and many other dementias occur as a result of damage to [URL='https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/healthy_aging/diseases_and_conditions/alzheimers-disease-what-you-need-to-know-as-you-age#definitions_block'] neurons [/URL] in the brain that affects their ability to communicate with each other. Over time, those neurons’ death and malfunction affects memory, learning, mood, behavior, and eventually physical functions, such as walking, and swallowing. [/QUOTE]
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