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Alzheimer's panel to bring awareness of the disease to national level

09/30/11

Alzheimer's disease is getting some well-deserved attention, as a "listening panel" at one New York college is expected to take firsthand stories from those suffering from the disease to Washington, D.C., where a national strategic plan to address the ailment will be created.

According to the Democrat and Chronicle, senior citizens suffering from Alzheimer's convened at Nazareth College in Rochester, New York, and revealed their personal battles with the disease to members of the panel.

"I've just been recently diagnosed and it was just a total shock, and there needs to be something done," Mary Anne Kramp, 71, of Naples, Ontario County, who said she was told she had Alzheimer's in March, according to the newspaper. "I had no prior history, no family problems, and all of a sudden, they hit me with the diagnosis."

Studies are still being conducted and released on the causes and effects associated with Alzheimer's disease. The September 28 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience released a study that found a protein discovered in Alzheimer's patients kills nerve cells in the nose, thus negatively affecting their ability to sense smell.

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