The Ass Hat Jungle (originally aired November 15, 2005)
Shirley Schmidt cross-examines a woman suffering from Alzheimer's in order to defend a boy who admitted committing a hit-and-run. Denise represents a plastic surgeon who used his own fat in some procedures. Alan suffers from night terrors.
- Alzheimer's. About 4.5 million people in the United States are believed to be suffering from Alzheimer's disease (AD), an age-related and irreversible brain disorder that causes memory loss, personality changes, and a decline in thinking abilities. Perhaps the most well-known case of Alzheimer's disease is former President Ronald Reagan, who announced that he had been diagnosed with the disease in 1994.
Alzheimer's disease caused about 140 deaths per 100,000 people aged 65 and over in 2000, according to the Department of Health and Human Services' National Vital Statistics Report. While that report ranked Alzheimer's as the eighth leading cause of death for people of all ages, heart diseases are the leading cause and caused more than ten times as many deaths in 2000, and accidents caused about twice as many deaths.
The disease, which is not part of the normal aging process but is sometimes confused as being part of it, was first described in 1906 by German physician Dr. Alois Alzheimer. Scientists today do not fully understand what causes AD, but age and genetics are believed to play a role. AD cannot be diagnosed definitively until after a person's death, but can be diagnosed with some accuracy through medical tests, brain scans, and the use of a complete medical history.
The National Institute on Aging has information about Alzheimer's on-line here.
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