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Living With Alzheimer’s Disease

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Living With Alzheimer's Disease

5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. One in eight older Americans has Alzheimer’s disease and it’s growing dramatically. Although there’re few miracles in Alzheimer’s Disease, but most of the times it’s not reversible.
Check out this infographic to learn more about Alzheimer’s Disease.

Source:LiveScience

Also this beautiful photo of brain neurons (in hippocampus) under fluorescent microscope:

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