Understanding Alzheimer’s Disease!

by Health on November 1st, 2008

The human brain is the most complex and highly sophisticated computer ever built. The entire nervous system is very complex and is as vulnerable to various problems as the rest of the body is. There is fear of damage to the brain cells, infections, injuries, degeneration and other defects and tumors. Degeneration [...]

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Are Children of Alzheimer’s Parents at Risk?

by Health on March 14th, 2008

As if one parent suffering from Alzheimer’s is not bad enough, when this disease strikes both parents, it could affect the children too. Latest research shows that children whose parents (both the father and mother) have Alzheimer’s disease are more at risk of developing this disease.
Scientists, after conducting tests on hundreds of families where [...]

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