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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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JUN 03, 2015Neuroscience
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The bloodier, the better.
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JUN 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Poor sleep may cause the beta-amyloid protein to trigger Alzheimer's disease by attacking the brain's long-term memory,
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
"Run! Duck! Cover... Oops, what was I doing again?" If you are an avid action gamer you may want to think twice about sp
...
Written By:
Kareem Heslop
MAY 19, 2015
Neuroscience
Once neurons die or become damaged, they typically cannot be reproduced by the body. This is why aging is the greatest r
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAY 13, 2015
Neuroscience
While the consequences of brain damage can be dire, one kind of language loss may not necessarily affect another. Specif
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 06, 2015
Neuroscience
Americans love football, but recent stories about the intense and cumulative effect of trauma on the brain has caused re
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAY 05, 2015
Neuroscience
Women "of a certain age" worry that fuzzy thinking - the inability to remember or focus - may be a symptom of Alzheimer'
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 29, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers pursuing a fresh approach for staving off Alzheimer's disease may have hit on something.
They hav ...
They hav ...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers have identified how proteins that play a key role in Alzheimer's disease are linked in a pathway that contro
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
Long-term exposure to the fine particles associated with air pollution can cause damage to brain structures and impair c
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 21, 2015
Health & Medicine
The bloodier, the better.
Do you like your steak rare or well done? The answer could influence how mentally s ...
Do you like your steak rare or well done? The answer could influence how mentally s ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 20, 2015
Neuroscience
A trip to the GP could see you walk out with any number of things; a bill of clean health, a specialist appointment or a
...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 17, 2015
Genetics & Genomics
Scientists have discovered a genetic overlap between Alzheimer's disease and two key risk factors for cardiovascular dis
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
The brain gets bigger with physical exercise, according to two recent studies.
If borne out in later work, th ...
If borne out in later work, th ...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 15, 2015
Neuroscience
SENIOR VOLUNTEERS WARD OFF BRAIN ‘SHRINKAGE'
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
The memory center in the brains of seniors who volunteered in pu ...
Written By:
Robert Woodard
APR 14, 2015
Neuroscience
Rutgers will take the lead in a three-year study that will investigate the effectiveness of federal and state initiative
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
APR 08, 2015
Neuroscience
Researchers continue to uncover positive and possibly life-changing effects from mind-body interventions such as yoga an
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
The war on PTSD, Gulf War Illness, and other illnesses suffered by veterans just got a boost from an unexpected source-l
...
Written By:
Will Hector
APR 03, 2015
Neuroscience
Each year, more than 60 million Americans fail to get enough sleep at night due to a chronic sleep disorder. Yet few of
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 31, 2015
Neuroscience
Even before Ronald Reagan became the oldest elected president, his mental state was a political issue. His adversaries o
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 30, 2015
Neuroscience
After six years of painstaking research, a UCLA-led team has validated the first standardized protocol for measuring one
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 27, 2015
Neuroscience
The search for a fountain of youth has bedeviled kings and alchemists for centuries. Around 80 years ago, Cornell Univer
...
Written By:
Will Hector
MAR 26, 2015
Neuroscience
By examining more than 3,600 postmortem brains, researchers at Mayo Clinic's campuses in Jacksonville, Florida, and Roch
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider
MAR 24, 2015
Cardiology
Having a certain mindset-namely, a heartfelt purpose in life-can help insulate us as we age against the ravages of brain
...
Written By:
Judy O'Rourke
MAR 24, 2015
Neuroscience
It's not all in your head. Brain injuries from sports are a steady unease for athletes. Even with advancements in safety
...
Written By:
Ilene Schneider