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

   Alzheimer's disease is the biological process that begins with the appearance of a buildup of proteins in the form of amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary ...

2. About Alzheimer's disease and dementia - Alzheimer's Disease Research Center - Mayo Clinic Research

   This is why the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mayo Clinic works hard to learn more about aging-related diseases that affect memory. Dementia is not one ...

3. Young-onset Alzheimer's: When symptoms begin before age 65 - Mayo Clinic

   Young-onset Alzheimer's disease is a rare form of dementia that presents unique challenges. Learn more about causes, diagnosis and how to cope.

4. Mayo Clinic Minute: Reducing risk of Alzheimer's disease in families

   Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurologic disorder that causes memory loss and other cognitive decline due to brain cell degeneration.

5. How Alzheimer's is diagnosed - Mayo Clinic

   To diagnose Alzheimer's dementia, healthcare professionals conduct tests to measure memory impairment and other thinking skills. They also judge functional ...

6. Alzheimer's disease - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic

   Newer imaging tests can help detect specific brain changes caused by Alzheimer's disease, such as amyloid plaques and neurofibrillary tangles. These newer tests ...

7. Mayo Clinic scientists create tool to predict Alzheimer's risk years before symptoms begin

   Mayo Clinic researchers have developed a new tool that can estimate a person's risk of developing memory and thinking problems associated with Alzheimer's ...

8. Dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   People with Alzheimer's disease have plaques and tangles in their brains. Plaques are clumps of a protein called beta-amyloid. Tangles are fibrous masses made ...

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

   Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; Huntington's disease; Mixed dementia. While dementia is a general term, Alzheimer's disease is a specific brain disease. It is marked ...

10. New FDA-approved blood tests for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease - Mayo Clinic

    A simple blood test done in a doctor's office can help to diagnose Alzheimer's disease. Find out who can have the test, and how accurate results are.