https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2 Samantha Flores, Marco Garcia, Vanessa Ramos en-us 2020-09-01 15:54:15 UTC 2024-12-01 04:09:27 UTC hello@padlet.com https://images.newscientist.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/30173749/m1080520-alzheimer_s_disease_mri-spl.jpg vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722441966 "Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that affects memory, thinking and behavior. Symptoms eventually grow severe enough to interfere with daily tasks"


https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers]]> 2020-09-05 05:26:58 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722441966 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722445943 "The disease likely develops from genetics, lifestyle and environment. While some risk factors — age, family history and heredity — can't be changed, you are in control of your lifestyle and the environment you put yourself in."

https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/what-is-alzheimers/causes-and-risk-factors#:~:text=The%20disease%20likely%20develops%20from,other%20factors%20we%20can%20influence.]]> 2020-09-05 05:38:13 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722445943 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722452004 2020-09-05 05:53:40 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722452004 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722452863 2020-09-05 05:56:06 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722452863 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722521823 2020-09-05 09:23:24 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722521823 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722523965 "Alzheimer's disease has no cure and no treatment to stop its progression, but early and accurate detection and diagnosis are crucial" (UsAgainstAlzheimer's 2020)


Early Signs of Alzheimer's. (n.d.). Retrieved September 05, 2020, from https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/early-signs-alzheimers?gclid=Cj0KCQjw7sz6BRDYARIsAPHzrNJqVxjK-xvkloBhiciQumlUQq8P7JWFjrH2c5jI6CMaZtn_NARdJ9IaAolkEALw_wcB]]> 2020-09-05 09:30:39 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722523965 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722527538 "Dementia describes a group of symptoms associated with a decline in memory, reasoning or other thinking skills." (2020 Alzheimer's Association)

"Alzheimer’s is a degenerative brain disease that is caused by complex brain changes following cell damage. It leads to dementia symptoms that gradually worsen over time."
(2020 Alzheimer's Association)

Dementia vs. Alzheimer's Disease: What is the Difference? (n.d.). Retrieved September 05, 2020, from https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/difference-between-dementia-and-alzheimer-s]]> 2020-09-05 09:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/722527538 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723628804 As a progressive brain disease, it can start 5-20 year before symptoms appear, “approximately 5.7 million people in the U.S. currently have Alzheimer’s”(UsAgainstAlzheimer's, 2020) with 200,000 people under the age of 65 developing early-onset Alzheimer’s and the diagnosed rates are “projected to triple to 16 million by 2050”(UsAgainstAlzheimer's, 2020)

UsAgainstAlzheimer's. (n.d.). Alzheimer's disease: Get the facts. Retrieved from https://www.usagainstalzheimers.org/alzheimers-disease-get-facts?gclid=Cj0KCQjw7sz6BRDYARIsAPHzrNJM8mxhbaFxc53lgoMIIk5bClYMiwFPYtc0-rscs5OoWN9iIz0BBo0aAuwlEALw_wcB]]> 2020-09-06 20:48:00 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723628804 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723632143 2020-09-06 20:55:21 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723632143 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723632674 "Alzheimer’s disease typically destroys neurons and their connections in parts of the brain involved in memory, including the entorhinal cortex and hippocampus."(National Institutes of Health, 2020) Later affecting areas in the "cerebral cortex responsible for language, reasoning, and social behavior."(National Institutes of Health, 2020) Gradually "a person with Alzheimer’s loses his or her ability to live and function independently."(National Institutes of Health, 2020)

National Institutes of Health. (2020). What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's disease?. Retrieved from https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease#]]> 2020-09-06 20:56:19 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723632674 vanessamorales92 https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723638127 National Institutes of Health. (2020). What happens to the brain in Alzheimer's disease?. Retrieved from https://www.nia.nih.gov/health/what-happens-brain-alzheimers-disease#]]> 2020-09-06 21:06:38 UTC https://padlet.com/vanessamorales92/dzqypavr944265q2/wish/723638127