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Doctors say it is possible that an Alzheimer's patient could progress to the point that damage from the disease to the centers of the brain that control breathing could cause death, but patients rarely get that far without an infection setting in.
Researchers at Rush University find that the annual number of deaths attributable to Alzheimerâs disease in the U.S. among people at least 75 years old is about 500,000, much higher than the number reported on death certificates (<84,000).