Category: Alzheimers Disease

Introduction Music is the universal language of mankind, allowing communication across cultural and linguistic boundaries. It is expressed and shared by all ages from an unborn child to an elderly person. Every culture around the world has some form of music and song, each with their purpose, some might be to accompany a dance, soothe…

Alzheimers disease (AD) is a mental health condition that associates with neurodegeneration and a decline in cognition making its victims lose memory, language capabilities, and praxis. With memory loss, AN individual loses THE ability to recall names, faces, and becomes out of touch with their emotional abilities. The condition affects individuals WHO ARE 65 years…

Memory loss and cognitive decline are common symptoms among people diagnosed with Dementia. Over time, these primary symptoms progress (Alzheimers disease) and often lead to inadequate self-care or even the failure to remember family members, especially a significant other. In the opening scene of The Notebook, one of the main characters (Allie) gazes out her…

Introduction Alzheimer’s disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease that leads to memory deficits and eventually fatality. Around the world, one person is diagnosed with Alzheimers every 2 seconds currently affecting around 40 million people worldwide but by 2050 it will be 150 million people. For people older than 85 their chance of having Alzheimers is…

Introduction A little over a year ago, there was a sweet 90 year old woman at a nursing home. Her name was Analisa Caroler. During her stay at this nursing home, she used to tell the most amazing stories of her past. However, a year ago, she began showing signs of Alzheimers. She was shocked.…

Introduction This review will be investigating how poor dental hygiene can be a risk factor for Alzheimers disease (AD). AD is a progressive brain disorder that results in a decline in cognitive functions such as thinking, memory and behaviour (Holmer et al., 2018). It is the most common type of dementia (Gaur & Agnihotri, 2015)…

Imagine going home and seeing your father forget on how to tie his shoe, forgetting how to cook toast, or even solving a simple math problem and getting frustrated at himself for failing. You start to notice the signs of dementia, but you think he’s only 50? You do some research and realize he has…

In the exploration of pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease, many studies have revealed the origin of the disease and the underlying cause of its deterioration. For a long time, we have known that pathological changes in the brain of patients with Alzheimer’s disease, such as the accumulation of amyloid plaques, occurred before the onset of symptoms…

Introduction Alzheimers disease is the most common form of dementia, this disease is the fourth leading cause of death in industrialized nations, preceded by cardiovascular disease. Neurodegenerative disease (ND) is an umbrella term for a group of primary diseases of neuron with the defining feature of a progressive loss of functioning neurons, mainly in the…

1. Introduction 1.1 Problem Summary There is this great problem of large amount of data being produced by medical apparatus which becomes too much to handle for a human. Or in some cases, there is la ack of specialist doctor needed to examine that data in order to diagnose a disease. Medical science with the…