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Memory loss can happen to anyone, including ourselves or the people we love. But it may be possible to get ahead of memory loss and participating in clinical research may help us get there.
About Memory Loss & Alzheimer’s Disease
The symptoms of Alzheimer’s disease begin with a small but noticeable decline in cognitive skills. Memory loss is one symptom, but the early stages also involve problems with thinking ability, behavior, and mood.
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Brain changes from Alzheimer’s disease, a type of dementia, may begin 20 years or more before symptoms arise.
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Up to 20 out of every 100 people aged 65 or older have mild cognitive impairment (MCI), a possible indicator of the beginning of dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease.
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Up to 15 out of every 100 people with MCI go on to develop dementia each year.
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The risk factors strongly linked to Alzheimer’s disease are getting older, family history of Alzheimer’s or another dementia, and conditions that raise risk for cardiovascular disease.
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How Alzheimer’s Disease Transforms the Brain
First, to understand how the brain changes when Alzheimer’s disease enters the picture, let’s talk about neurons. Billions of them.
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The causes and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease are not yet fully understood.
Clinical research studies like these are committed to finding the answers.
