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Dementia isn't a specific disease. Instead, dementia describes a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities severely enough to interfere with daily functioning. Though dementia generally involves memory loss, memory loss has different causes. So memory loss alone doesn't mean you have dementia. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of a progressive dementia in older adults, but there are a number of causes of dementia. Depending on the cause, some dementia symptoms can be reversed.
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OCT 16, 2017Neuroscience
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OCT 16, 2017
Neuroscience
Video games and the brain will always be a hotly debated topic. While some studies say they can desensitize players to r
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
OCT 14, 2017
Chemistry & Physics
The structure of the huntingtin protein. Credit: Washington University in St. Louis An international team of scientists
...
Written By:
Daniel Duan
SEP 20, 2017
Neuroscience
Most people have experienced it. A person yawns and then a few minutes later, another person nearby yawns. Is it always
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 19, 2017
Neuroscience
Picture a lab, with a semi-evil looking scientist cackling about controlling the brain with pulses of light. Sound like
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 07, 2017
Neuroscience
​Look around at where you are right now. How will you get home? How will you get to work or the coffee shop or the gym?
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
SEP 06, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
If there was a blood test that could diagnose Alzheimer’s disease, would you take it? For some researchers, the qu
...
SEP 06, 2017
Neuroscience
The expression, "It's no day at the beach" is sometimes used to describe an experience that is unpleasant
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 31, 2017
Neuroscience
Serotonin is an essential neurotransmitter. It's a chemical that regulates some vital functions in the body like moo
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2017
Neuroscience
Dancing the night away to good music is something young people often do. Seniors aren't always able to get out as mu
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 29, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The levels of lithium in drinking water may influence a person’s risks for dementia, researchers from Denmark repo
...
AUG 25, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Americans are one sleep-deprived population – only a third of us get the minimum seven hours of sleep a night. But
...
AUG 17, 2017
Neuroscience
Video games have long been a source of controversy in neuroscience and other research work. Studies on players an
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 25, 2017
Neuroscience
Crossword puzzles are a good way to pass the time and people who enjoy them are often wordsmiths who read a lot and have
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 24, 2017
Neuroscience
Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) is used to treat decompression sickness, which can develop after scuba diving, wounds o
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 19, 2017
Cell & Molecular Biology
A compound that is very similar to an investigational drug enabled researchers to learn more about a rare disease.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUL 18, 2017
Neuroscience
Traumatic Brain Injury, or TBI, is an important concern in youth sports and of course in professional sports like footba
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 12, 2017
Neuroscience
While some scientific news can be boring or unecessarily complex, a new study is pretty straightforward and definitely n
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 10, 2017
Neuroscience
In the field of neuroscience, it could be said that imaging is everything. Being able to look inside the brain at struct
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUN 15, 2017
Neuroscience
While there are many neurodegenerative diseases that can devastate patients and families, Huntington’s disease rem
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 27, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
The number of Americans living with Alzheimer’s disease is expected to triple to 15-16 million in the next few dec
...
MAY 04, 2017
Neuroscience
The benefits of human umbilical cord blood are well known for fighting cancer and harvesting stem cells, but new researc
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
MAY 03, 2017
Neuroscience
Having diabetes can cause a host of complications beyond just blood sugar. So can being overweight or obese. For patient
...
Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
New research suggests that excess sugar—especially the fructose in sugary drinks—might damage your brain. Re
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 24, 2017
Health & Medicine
As people with hearing loss work to improve their speech recognition, a familiar voice may work better than a generic on
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)