Study Finds Alzheimer's Progression Differs with Age

By Dorian Martin, Health Guide Sunday, August 05, 2012
I’ve thought a lot about the Alzheimer’s that hit my mother and (probably) my maternal grandmother. Admittedly, Mom’s fight with the disease was compromised due her Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, which severely limited the amount of oxygen she was able to get into her body. ...
Carol Bradley Bursack, Health Guide
8/ 6/12 7:21am

This is an interesting finding, Dorian. Thanks for writing about it. People who develop AD symptoms when they are at a more advanced age still deserve to be treated. As the study says, these new findings could skew studies since there is a difference in how the disease progresses. There are financial, medical and ethical implications to this study. It will be interesting to follow. 

Carol

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By Dorian Martin, Health Guide— Last Modified: 08/06/12, First Published: 08/05/12