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Vascular dementia, the second-most common dementia type, is a late stage of vascular cognitive impairment. Learn about risk factors and prevention strategies.
Learn about the cognitive, behavioral, emotional and movement symptoms that may be associated with vascular dementia.
Learn about the roles that one’s sex (determined by genes and chromosomes), and gender (social role and preferred orientation) play in the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease (AD) in men. We examine how they may impact the course of the disease.
Learn about the genetic risk factors associated with familial Alzheimer's disease and the potential for future gene therapies.
Vascular dementia is caused by damage to brain cells due to reduced blood circulation or blockage of the brain’s blood vessels. Learn how this spectrum of cognitive disorders differs from Alzheimer's.
Learn some helpful tips that may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s disease or reduce the speed of its destructive course.
This article explores the normal symptoms associated with cognitive aging, and symptoms that are more severe and could be indicative of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia.
Frontotemporal dementias are less prevalent than Alzheimer’s disease, but they are every bit as destructive. Learn more about this brain disease.
The role of alcohol use as a risk factor for dementia is complicated. At different times, alcohol has been seen as protective, harmful, or incidental to the risk of dementia. Each of these views is partially correct, and the entire story is not yet fully known. This article discusses some of what we do know.
Learn how the immune system and inflammation play a role in the development of Alzheimer’s disease, and how targeting specific elements of the inflammatory process could be useful in treating or preventing this brain disorder.