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National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE UnravelingtheMystery The Federal government’s lead agency for Alzheimer’s disease research is the National Institute on Aging, part of the National Institutes of Health. NIH is part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Impact of AD Once considered a rare disorder, Alzheimer’s disease is now seen as a major public health problem that is seriously affecting millions of older Americans and their families. Slide 2 What is AD? (slides 4 – 6) Inside the Human Brain (slides 8 – 14) AD and the Brain (slid