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  1. Dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Dementia isn't one specific disease. Several diseases can cause dementia. Memory loss is one of the early symptoms of dementia. But having memory loss alone ...

  2. Dementia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Medications. The following medicines are used to temporarily improve dementia symptoms. Cholinesterase inhibitors. These medicines work by boosting levels of a ...

  3. Vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia - Symptoms & causes - Mayo Clinic

    Learn more about this stroke-related type of dementia that causes memory loss and can affect reasoning. Prevention is possible, and good heart health is ...

  4. Alzheimer's and dementia: What's the difference? - Mayo Clinic

    Lewy body dementia; Frontotemporal dementia; Vascular dementia; Limbic-predominant age-related TDP-43 encephalopathy; Chronic traumatic encephalopathy ...

  5. Alzheimer's disease - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Understand more about this brain disease that is the most common cause of dementia. Also learn about new tests and medicines.

  6. Vascular cognitive impairment and vascular dementia - Diagnosis & treatment - Mayo Clinic

    Learn more about this stroke-related type of dementia that causes memory loss and can affect reasoning. Prevention is possible, and good heart health is ...

  7. Dementia - Care at Mayo Clinic

    Dementia care at Mayo Clinic Mayo Clinic experts from many disciplines — including neurology, neuroscience, psychology and psychiatry — collaborate to provide ...

  8. Lewy body dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    This common dementia is caused by a buildup of proteins in the brain. It affects thinking, memory and movement.

  9. How is artificial intelligence helping to diagnose dementia? - Mayo Clinic

    Artificial intelligence can help detect patterns in brain activity that humans can't — and identify dementia types.

  10. Frontotemporal dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

    Frontotemporal dementia (FTD) is an umbrella term for a group of brain diseases that mainly affect the frontal and temporal lobes of the brain. These areas of ...