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

   In the brain of someone with Alzheimer's disease, amyloid plaques form and tau proteins change shape and become tangles. The exact causes of Alzheimer's disease ...

2. Dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic

   But having memory loss alone doesn't mean you have dementia because memory loss can have different causes. Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of ...

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

   Biomarker tests also can let healthcare professionals know if the disease is in the early or later stages. Tests. Diagnosing Alzheimer's disease would likely ...

4. 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 ...

5. 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.

6. 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 ...

7. 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 ...

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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 ...