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What is Alzheimer's disease?

What is Alzheimer's disease? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (neurology) A disorder involving loss of mental functions resulting from brain tissue changes; senile dementia of Alzheimer's type.
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My grandfather died at home at the age of ninety, after a slow decline from Alzheimer's disease.
The compounds are also thought to fight aging, arthritis and Alzheimer's disease.
Rabbits fed diets rich in cholesterol develop many of the features of Alzheimer's disease, so they are used to model the disease.
Estrogen may also greatly decrease a woman's risk for Alzheimer's disease by helping neurons grow and regenerate and decreasing inflammation.
Smokers may have twice the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease as do people who have never smoked.
Those who are physically active between the ages of 20 and 60 have been shown to be at reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease.

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