It would be better if the article described it as a general cognitive decline without a diagnosis of AD. A lot of symptoms we attribute to AD could very well b

It would be better if the article described it as a general cognitive decline without a diagnosis of AD. A lot of symptoms we attribute to AD could very well be caused by other factors which are reversible, such as inflammation, lack of sleep, poor diet, metal toxicity, or a deficiency of CoQ-10 or Ubiquitol due to statin use. Anecdotally, I experienced a rather severe cognitive impairment after statin use, which, when discontinuing the statin was reversed. I believe this could be attributed to mitochondrial damage. Were I an older individual, this might be improperly diagnosed as age-related cognitive decline. In another example, 60 Minutes ran a story on a group of people who were suffering from late-stage AD. After autopsy, some showed amyloid beta plaques in some cases and the total absence of it in others. This leads me to believe that AD, as it is currently understood, is better classified as a syndrome which may have no single definitive cure.