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Bookmark or Share- Researchers identify new criteria to detect rapidly progressive dementiaRapidly progressive dementia is caused by several disorders that quickly impair intellectual functioning and interfere with normal activities and relationships. If patients' symptoms appear suddenly and they decline quickly, a physician may make the diagnosis of RPD.
- Alzheimer’s and dementia: When to stop drivingAn additional passenger to travel with the person with dementia — to sit in the back seat together and chat — may help with the transition to being a passenger rather than a driver. When to stop driving. People with mild dementia are at a much greater risk of unsafe driving compared with people of the same age without dementia.
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: 4 ways to reduce your risk of dementiaDementia is caused by brain disease. Alzheimer's disease is the most common and the one best known to the public. Diseases that affect the blood vessels — the same diseases that cause heart attacks and stroke — are the second most common cause of dementia. Having a family history of dementia increases your risk of developing the condition.
- Signs and symptoms of Lewy body dementiaLewy 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 Minute: Dietary supplements don't 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, […]
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