Alzheimer’s Disease, Dementia Care Research and Awareness

Alzheimer’s Disease Causes, Diagnosis and Prevention

Alzheimer's can be defined as a gradually progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized of memory impairment and subsequent disturbances in personality, mood, reasoning and perception. It caused by a combination of lifestyle, genetic, and environmental factors that gradually impairs the brain.

It can be diagnosed by evaluating subject’s medical history, testing mental and mood status (NINCDS-ADRDA), lab tests and brain scans. An ongoing clinical trial conducted by Dominantly Inherited Alzheimer Network (DIAN), is to test whether antibodies to beta-amyloid can reduce the accumulation of beta-amyloid plaque in the brains with such genetic mutations and thereby reduce, delay or prevent symptoms and it can also be impeded by choosing the diet carefully.