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Owen Wilson reveals his father has Alzheimer’s disease
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Researchers may know why the aging brain is more vulnerable to Alzheimer's
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Age is the greatest risk factor for Alzheimer's disease, and researchers now have a new clue as to why. New research suggests that as you age, your brain may become less capable of flushing away beta-amyloid, a sticky and possibly toxic protein that can clump together to form the plaques that are a hallmark of Alzheimer's.
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Nurse learned about Alzheimer’s disease while working in a care facility
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A nurse turned author says that the first day he stepped onto the floor of a nursing home with residents who had Alzheimer’s disease, everything he thought about dementia, aging, friendship and the nature of death changed. Working with people with Alzheimer’s altered how he handled his own relationships, both at work and outside of it.
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