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- Moments of clarity in the fog of dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network
The findings showed that 75% of people having lucid episodes were reported to have Alzheimer’s Disease as opposed to other forms of dementia Researchers define lucid episodes as unexpected, spontaneous, meaningful and relevant communication from a person who is assumed to have permanently lost the capacity for coherent interactions, either
- Mayo Clinic Minute: Dietary supplements dont 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, […]
- What is frontotemporal dementia? - Mayo Clinic News Network
How is frontotemporal dementia different from Alzheimer's disease? Alzheimer's disease is more common among people 75 and older However, people with early onset Alzheimer's or frontotemporal dementia typically start exhibiting symptoms in midlife, from roughly age 30 to 60 Memory changes are less common with frontotemporal dementia than with
- Alzheimer’s and dementia: When to stop driving
An 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
- Signs and symptoms of Lewy body dementia - Mayo Clinic News Network
Lewy 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 expert provides tips for reducing dementia risk
Ronald Petersen, M D , a neurologist and director of Mayo Clinic’s Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, says you can’t prevent dementia, but you can reduce your risk Dementia is not one disease, but instead a term for a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia
- Mayo Clinic contributes to national Alzheimers disease research . . .
"We need cutting-edge treatments to help improve the lives of patients who are suffering from debilitating symptoms of dementia and prevention for those at risk," says Nilüfer Ertekin-Taner, M D , Ph D , chair of the Department of Neuroscience at Mayo Clinic and leader of the Genetics of Alzheimer's Disease and Endophenotypes Laboratory at Mayo Clinic's campus in Florida
- Mayo Clinic Q and A: Understanding delirium versus dementia
In addition, dementia often begins with memory loss that involves daily activities, such as forgetting appointments or bills, or having difficulty with planning Unlike those affected by delirium, people with early-stage dementia typically don’t have problems with their ability to maintain attention, and they generally remain alert and
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