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Understanding Alzheimer's Disease -- Symptoms

The symptoms of Alzheimer's disease often come on slowly. Someone with moderate Alzheimer's may start to forget details about their life, like wher...

Dementia

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia. But many of the diseases that cause dementia aren't curable. Dementia can be split into t...

Understanding Alzheimer's Disease: The Basics

Alzheimer's is a disease that robs people of their memory. About 1 in 8 people age 65 and over has the disease.

What is Lewy Body Dementia?

But in LBD, those problems come and go. LBD and Parkinson’s disease both cause movement problems, like stiff muscles and tremors. But most people w...

Types of Dementia

If someone you love gets diagnosed with dementia, it means they have a progressive and sometimes chronic brain condition that causes problems with ...

Dementia and Alzheimers Disease: what to Expect

A dementia diagnosis can be devastating -- not only for the person with the disease, but for those who love him, too. It’s common to feel sad, and ...

What is Pick's Disease?

Around 50,000 to 60,000 people in the U.S. have Pick's disease. Up to 25% of people with Pick's disease received a gene that causes it from a paren...