{"id":13195,"date":"2025-02-15T01:39:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T20:09:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=13195"},"modified":"2025-04-02T02:25:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T20:55:12","slug":"what-is-alzheimers-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/what-is-alzheimers-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Alzheimer\u2019s Disease?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>In a new research published in the journal Alzheimer\u2019s &amp; Dementia, scientists have found a single cause of development of Alzheimer\u2019s disease, and that is the formation of stress granules.<\/p>\n<h2>About Alzheimer\u2019s Disease<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Alzheimer\u2019s disease is a<strong> brain disorder<\/strong> that <strong>slowly destroys memory and thinking skills <\/strong>and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.<\/li>\n<li>It is the <strong>most common cause of dementia<\/strong>, a general term for memory loss and other cognitive abilities serious enough to interfere with daily life.<\/li>\n<li>Alzheimer&#8217;s disease accounts for <strong>60-80% of dementia cases.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It involves <strong>parts of the brain that control thought, memory, and language.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>The condition <strong>usually affects people aged 65 years and over<\/strong>, with only 10% of cases occurring in people younger than this.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Cause<\/h2>\n<p>The <strong>exact cause<\/strong> of Alzheimer&#8217;s disease is <strong>not fully understood<\/strong>, but it is <strong>believed to be influenced by a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Symptoms<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The early signs of the disease include<strong> forgetting recent events or conversations.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Over time, it <strong>progresses to serious memory problems<\/strong> and loss of the ability to perform everyday tasks.<\/li>\n<li><strong>On average, a person with Alzheimer&#8217;s lives four to eight years after diagnosis <\/strong>but can live as long as 20 years, depending on other factors.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease Treatment<\/h2>\n<p>There\u2019s<strong> no cure<\/strong> for Alzheimer\u2019s, but certain medications and therapies can help manage symptoms temporarily.<\/p>\n<h2>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. Can Alzheimer&#8217;s be cured?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. There&#8217;s currently no cure for Alzheimer&#8217;s disease.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. Can Alzheimer&#8217;s cause death?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Yes, Alzheimer&#8217;s disease can lead to death, although it typically does so indirectly.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What age does Alzheimer&#8217;s start?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Alzheimer disease usually affects people older than 65. A small number of people have \u201cearly-onset\u201d Alzheimer disease, which starts when they are in their 30s or 40s.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/life-style\/health-fitness\/health-news\/scientists-uncover-root-cause-of-alzheimers-disease-in-breakthrough-study\/articleshow\/118255397.cms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">TOI<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Alzheimer\u2019s Disease is a brain disorder that slowly destroys memory and thinking skills and, eventually, the ability to carry out the simplest tasks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":13196,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-13195","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13195","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13195"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13195\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13195"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13195"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13195"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}