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MEDICAL PROBLEMS: BRIEF
REVIEWS—Alzheimer’s Disease
Michael J
Katz
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Alzheimer’s disease is an incurable metabolic malfunction that destroys the parts of the brain responsible for cognition. Alzheimer’s patients gradually lose their memories, their comprehension, and the ability to care for themselves. Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia in Western countries. It is mainly a disease of the elderly. In the US, Alzheimer’s disease can be found in one-tenth of people older than 65 years, almost half of those over 85 years, and two-thirds of elderly nursing-home patients. In total, there are 4.5 million Americans with Alzheimer’s disease. . .
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