Dementia
Dementia
Dementia is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what is expected from aging. Dementia is common in the geriatric population but may occur in any stage of adulthood.
Most recent articles
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a neurodegenerative age-related progressive disease and the most common cause of dementia in the elderly.1 Current...
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder. It has been classically described as a movement disorder involving the...
There has been remarkable progress in developing biological markers (biomarkers) that provide insight into the progression of Alzheimer’s disease...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by extracellular deposition of pathogenic amyloid-beta (Aβ)...
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly, with a prevalence of 5% after 65 years of age. The...
Medical Guidelines
To provide assistance to Primary Care Practitioners (PCP)s in offering comprehensive care to patients with Alzheimer's disease and those who care for them over the course of their illness...
To improve the dying experience for people with dementia and build upon recommendations by the Alzheimer's Association in Phases 1 and 2 of Dementia Care Practice Recommendations for Assisted Living...
Upcoming events
25th - 28th September 2010
Join the world’s leading neurologists in Geneva.The 14th Congress of the European Federation of Neurological Societies (EFNS) provides an unmatched...
Dementia News
| Mayo Clinic Researchers Find that Variants in a Gene on the X Chromosome are Associated with Increased Susceptibility to Alzheimer's Disease | Mayo Clinic discovery in a rare brain disorder suggests a common mechanism may underlie many neurodegenerative diseases | |
| In the Jan. 11 online edition of Nature Genetics, researchers at Mayo Clinic have discovered the first gender-linked susceptibility gene for late-onset Alzheimer's disease, read more | In the Jan. 11 online edition of Nature Genetics, a Mayo Clinic-led international consortium has found a mechanism that may help explain Parkinson's and other neurological disorders read more |
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