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Is it possible to die with and not from alzheimer's disease?
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Yes: People with alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are not immune from cancer, heart disease or many other common killers.
Answered 7/18/2016
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Yes: In most cases, the death is caused by a complication, e.g., pneumonia, and not by the alzheimer's disease itself.
Answered 2/17/2013
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Alzheimer: Yes. Actually that is the more common, such as from infection.
Answered 2/16/2013
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