Alzheimer's
By: Madison Johnson
Why I Chose Alzheimer's:
The Disease:
The Brain During Alzheimer's:
Research and Experiments:
If you want to learn more about the trials, get information over previous trials, or try to get a trail set up, then head to the following website for help!
http://www.alz.org/research/clinical_trials/clinical_trials_alzheimers.asp
Extra Facts About Alzheimer's:
- Over 5 million people in the United States and currently living with Alzheimer's disease.
- In the united States, someone develops Alzheimer's every 67 seconds.
- Alzheimer's is the 6th leading disease that causes death in the United states.
- Every year, about 500,000 people die of the Alzheimer's disease.
- Over 60 percent of Alzheimer's patients are women.
- In the year of 2014, about 5.2 people had this disease.
- $214 billion was put into the Alzheimer's disease just in the year 2014 alone.
- This year, about 17.2% of women had Alzheimer's disease, while only 9.3% of women had breast cancer.
Want to know more facts? Visit the following site, and watch the video, for more! http://youtu.be/waeuks1-3Z4
The Brain Changing:
The top right image is of a brain with Alzheimer's.
The bottom image is comparing the two.
Expenses:
The Cells in the Brain:
Donations:
Works Cited:
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_what_is_alzheimers.asp
http://www.alz.org/braintour/alzheimers_changes.asp
http://www.alz.org/braintour/healthy_vs_alzheimers.asp
http://www.alz.org/norcal/in_my_community_20545.asp
http://www.alz.org/braintour/3_main_parts.asp
http://www.alz.org/research/clinical_trials/clinical_trials_alzheimers.asp
http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_and_figures.asp