In order to prevent Alzheimer's disease it has been said that people who further their education have a smaller likelihood of getting the disease. In the article "We Must 'Find a Cure' to Save Memories"(link to the article below), Bob Blackwell a former C.I.A. analyst for the Soviet Union and Europe is among those with Alzheimer’s disease. Bob Blackwell must have been a highly educated and extremely intelligent man in order to attain such a job with the C.I.A. Scientific researchers are looking for federal funding to create a drug to help prevent the plaques and tangles that grow in the brain and destroy the nerve cells in the brain.
