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- Moments of clarity in the fog of dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network
The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association investigated lucid episodes in people living with later stages of dementia Learn more
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Dietary supplements dont reduce dementia risk, but . . .
Do dietary supplements reduce your risk of dementia and improve brain health? The Global Council on Brain Health says they don't In a new report, the organization recommends that most people not take dietary supplements for this purpose In addition, the Global Council on Brain Health, which is a collaborative organization associated with the AARP, […]
- Alzheimer’s and dementia: When to stop driving
A person with dementia may perceive giving up driving as a loss of independence, and deciding not to drive means accepting that one's abilities are changing To help a person with decisions about driving: Begin the conversation as soon as possible and involve the doctor Involve the person with dementia in the planning and decision-making
- Researchers identify new criteria to detect rapidly progressive dementia
Mayo Clinic researchers have identified new scoring criteria allowing for the detection of treatable forms of rapidly progressive dementia
- What is frontotemporal dementia? - Mayo Clinic News Network
Frontotemporal degeneration (FTD) is a group of neurologic disorders associated with changes in personality, behavior, language or movement
- Signs and symptoms of Lewy body dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network
Lewy body dementia, also known as dementia with Lewy bodies, is the second most common type of progressive dementia after Alzheimer's disease dementia Protein deposits, called Lewy bodies, develop in nerve cells in the brain regions involved in thinking, memory and movement (motor control) Lewy body dementia causes a progressive decline in mental abilities People […]
- Mayo Clinic researchers validate blood test to diagnose Alzheimers . . .
They included patients with early- and late-onset cognitive impairment, typical and atypical Alzheimer's disease, Lewy body dementia and vascular cognitive impairment Patients ranged from 32 to 89 years old, with the average age of symptom onset being 66
- Mayo Clinic expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk
Ronald Petersen, M D , a neurologist and director of Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, says you can’t prevent dementia, but you can reduce your risk
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