His father was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s. He went looking for answers.
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How Alzheimer's Impacts the Brain
Alzheimer's affects at least 6 million Americans and that number will probably double or triple by the mid part of the century. Dementia comes from the Latin-dement loss of mentation, loss of thinking. Sandeep: Alzheimer's typically starts in the hippocampus before it spreads to parts of the brain responsible for self-aware behavior. The book weaves between the intensely personal and hard science.
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