View All. A bubbly, high-energy foodie who started her broadcast career while serving in the Air Force, Sunny Anderson lives up to her first name. She's become a favorite host of several shows on the Food Network, and has done it all while living with ulcerative colitis, one form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Sunny's Culinary Influences
The causes of late-onset Alzheimer's are not yet completely understood, but they likely include a combination of genetic, environmental, and lifestyle factors that affect a person's risk for developing the disease. Researchers have not found a specific gene that directly causes the late-onset form of the disease.
It is important to note, however, that these genetic reasons for Alzheimer's disease are very rare and account for less than 1 in 1000 cases of the disease. Similarly, a number of very rare forms of vascular VascularRelating to blood vessels that carry blood throughout the body. dementia are caused by genetic mutations.