Hope

I have some friends that are living the terrible experience of having a relative with Alzheimer's disease, so, when I read this article I was glad to know that today there is a bigger understanding of the disease which gives the victims a new hope.

The Alzheimer's disease is related to the slow deterioration of the mind where the person experiences the loss of themselves and life. This disease is very common today. The number of Americans with Alzheimer's has almost doubled to 4.5 million since 1980, it is even estimated that by 2050 about 13.4 million of Americans may be affected.

Nowadays, advances in the human genome have given the opportunity of new forms of exploration for the Alzheimer's researchers to find a prevention or treatment for this disease. For years scientists have been studying the possible factors that are involved in the development of the disease and trying to find the cure without success. Today, scientists are most optimistic because of their ability to apply two important lessons learned from their past experience. First, scientists are convinced that the disease must be treated as soon as possible in its early phase, even before the patients show any symptoms of memory loss or cognitive decline. Second, the scope of the medical assault is very important; they need to use an approach that addresses as many of the disease's complex abnormalities as possible because this may improve the chances that using new therapies early on will delay symptoms and also reverse them. What is Alzheimers?