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Information on Alzheimers Disease: Aricept, Exelon - description medication, medical directoryAlzheimer's is a disease of the brain that causes a steady decline in memory. This results in dementia ? loss of intellectual functions (thinking, remembering, and reasoning) severe enough to interfere with everyday life. When German physician Alois Alzheimers first described the disease in 1907, it was considered rare. Today, Alzheimers disease it the most common cause of dementia, affecting 10 percent of people 65 years old, and nearly 50 percent of those age 85 or older. An estimated 4 million Americans have Alzheimers. Alzheimer's disease usually begins gradually, causing a person to forget recent events and to have difficulty performing familiar tasks. How rapidly the disease advances varies from person to person, causing confusion, personality and behavior changes, and impaired judgment. Communication becomes difficult as the person with Alzheimer's struggles to find words, finish thoughts, or follow directions. Eventually, persons with Alzheimer's become totally unable to care for themselves.  Alzheimer's Disease: Aricept, Exelon - description medication, medical directory
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