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I just saw a commercial for morethannormalaging.com which was pushing a medication that treated amyloid plaques in the brain.

My understanding was that this theory of Alzheimer’s wasn’t holding up well to clinical interventions.

What is our latest understanding of the causes of dementia?

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our prob in AD is cognitive functioning rather than developmental
Okay, we got rid of the amyloid plaques, but what are we gonna do about what’s causing them in the first place?

a doc friend said 

A term for several diseases that affect memory, thinking, and the ability to perform daily activities. The disease gets worse over time. It mainly affects adults. It is divided into two types: A syndrome causing cognitive impairment / A syndrome with minimal cognitive impairment

I've heard that genetic mutations and cell death caused by iron toxicity are contributing factors to dementia