Alzheimer Quotes - Page 6

• Americans whisper the word Alzheimer's because their government whispers the word Alzheimer's. And although a whisper is better than the silence that the Alzheimer's community has been facing for decades, it's still not enough. It needs to be yelled and screamed to the point that it finally gets the attention and the funding that it deserves and needs.

  Seth Rogen

  Alzheimer's, Government, Silence

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• You can get tested now for early onset Alzheimer's. Hold on a second, could someone hire a marching band, cause I'm so happy I feel like having a parade. You mean I can find out early if I'm going to die of a super horrible disease that there's no cure for? Well, whoopee!

  Arj Barker

  Mean, Alzheimer's, Band

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• It is my belief that people who speak of high school with a sugary fondness are bluffing away early-onset Alzheimer's.

  Sloane Crosley

  School, Alzheimer's, People

  Sloane Crosley (2012). “I Was Told There'd Be Cake”, p.119, Portobello Books

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• Above all, Alzheimer wanted the medical world to recognize that mental illnesses have an undeniable material component. There was an obvious political reason for taking such a position because it could then be established that dementia-like conditions are not part of the spiritual/theological domain, but undeniably biological in origin and therefore not attributable with moral implications.

  Margaret M. Lock

  Spiritual, Political, World

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• Somehow, knowing that Alzheimer's is coming mocks all one's aspirations - to tell stories, to think through certain issues as only a novel can do, to be recognised for one's accomplishments and hard work - in a way that old familiar death does not.

  Jane Smiley

  Hard Work, Thinking, Alzheimer's

  "With the benefit of foresight..." by Jane Smiley, www.theguardian.com. May 18, 2002.

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• Even slight elevations in blood sugar have been shown to increase the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

  David Perlmutter

  Alzheimer's, Blood, Risk

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• I said, 'The nice thing about Alzheimer's is you get to hide your own Easter eggs.'

  John McCain

  Easter, Nice, Alzheimer's

  "McCain's humor often backfires" by Ben Smith, www.politico.com. July 17, 2008.

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