BIOLOGY 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Avocado, Cardiovascular Disease, Retail Clerk
21 Feb 2020
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Alzheimer"s disease is the most common cause of dementia, which is the loss of thinking, remembering and reasoning. Alzheimer"s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the united states, with an estimated. The top six is: heart disease, cancer, lower respiratory disease, accidents, stroke, alzheimer"s disease. Alzheimer"s disease is the only cause within the top ten that cannot be prevented or slowed, although therapeutic drugs can be used to slow the progression of the disease by a minimal amount. The mini cognition test is one method used to diagnose alzheimer"s disease. Patients are asked to remember three words: avocado, entitlement and perfume and draw an analogue clock at three in the afternoon. The scoring is depicted below: one point is given for each recalled word. If only two words are remembered, only two points are given. If no words are remembered, the individual needs a further checkup to deduce if he.
