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Alzheimer movement re-examined 25 years later: is it a "disease" or a senile condition in medical nature?
Frontiers in bioscience : a journal and virtual library - 1 Aug 2001
Chen M, Fernandez H L
Abstract excerpt
Dementia in the elderly used to be rare, but why has it become a major social threat today? There can be many potential answers, but an ultimate one is clear: the longer life expectancy today. This knowledge indicates that "advanced aging" is a primary suspect in the origin of senile dementia. If so, then why can many elderly remain healthy at the same old age? We know, for example, that elderly people commonly...
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