- Introduction
- Diagnosis
- Treatment
- Prevention
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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
- Work
- Related Conditions
- Resources
Signal Transduction Pathway For Alzheimer's Disease
Lean body mass--or the weight of your bones, muscles, and organs but not your body fat--may help predict Alzheimer's disease. Researchers in a study found that the lean body mass of people with dementia is lower than the lean body mass of people the same age who do not have dementia. Experts say body fat numbers were not different, and that brain shrinkage could be what leads to the loss of lean muscle in other parts of the body.
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