something YOU probably don't know

This is very interesting information, and as your title exclaims; I was not aware of it. My grandmother on my Mom's side actually has Alzheimer's Disease and it truly is a horrible thing. She has had it for probably a little less than ten years, she is now 89 years old. It started to get very bad roughly 3 years ago, to the point where she can't speak, eat, or do anything for herself. Every once in a while she gets out a few words that make sense or a name. I think she knows my family is familiar but doesn't know how she knows us or who we are. She might still be pretty familiar with my mom but the rest of us she just smiles at. She can also get very angry and sad at the littlest things or for no reason at all. She has her good days and bad, but I am hoping for a cure soon because it does run in my family I am likely to get it. It is very interesting to see what the brain looks like though after having AD. It makes sense why this disease can affect someone so greatly after seeing what your brain looks like from it. It's also interesting to know that college kids are starting to take Aricept, because I've never heard of that before. It makes sense, college kids are always trying to find ways or "short cuts" to get better grades or even just increase their memory. Overall, interesting topic and good information.

This blog drew me in with the title, and even more when i saw it was about alzheimers disease. This disease is very common in my family, and the risk factors are something i have looked at a while back with my family also. Seeing someone with alzheimers disease is devistating and it is even more devistating because there is no cure for it. Looking at the image of the brain not having the disease and having it is so sad to see. The risk factors for the disease are something everyone should be aware of, especially if they have a family member with it. This blog is very interesting, good work.

I had never taken the time to actually look at the physical differences between a healthy, normal brain and a brain with Alzheimer's disease before. If is absolutely terrifying to think that the brain actually loses mass and the parts of it seem to be so destroyed that they would never be restored. I have had some memory issues in the past, but knowing that my brain is at least intact and fully-functioning makes me feel extraordinarily grateful. It also makes me wonder, if the brain has truly lost parts of it, could it adapt to create more space, or would that just damage the remaining memories? I wonder a cure could even work without finding a way to regrow the tissue.

I found this picture and post to be very interesting. I never thought of how much different a healthy brain and an Alzheimer's disease brain would look. It is disturbing to see that the brain actually deteriorates over the progression of the disease. Having had a family member suffer from this disease really makes me feel that researchers must find a cure! It is so sad to know that there is nothing to do for someone struggling with Alzheimer's. Good info!