Dementia - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Dementia is a term used to describe a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking and social abilities. In people who have dementia, the symptoms interfere with their daily lives. Dementia isn't one specific disease. Several diseases can cause dementia. Dementia generally involves memory loss. It's often one of the early symptoms of the condition.
Dementia - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
To diagnose the cause of dementia, a health care professional must recognize the pattern of loss of skills and function. The care professional also determines what the person is still able to do. More recently, biomarkers have become available to make a more accurate diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease.
Moments of clarity in the fog of dementia - Mayo Clinic News …
Mar 4, 2024 · A recent Mayo Clinic study published in Alzheimer's & Dementia: The Journal of the Alzheimer's Association investigated lucid episodes in people living with later stages of dementia, providing insights into how these occurrences reveal themselves.
Dementia Hub: What is Dementia? | Mayo Clinic Connect
Dementia is a word to describe a group of symptoms affecting memory, thinking, and social abilities severe enough to interfere with daily functioning. Though dementia generally involves memory loss, memory loss has different causes.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Dietary supplements don't reduce dementia …
Jun 11, 2019 · Instead of taking dietary supplements for brain health, Dr. Petersen and the Global Council on Brain Health recommend that people focus on three things that are proven to help reduce the risk of dementia: regular exercise, diet and intellectual stimulation.
Autoimmune dementia: Defining a treatable disorder - Mayo Clinic
Dec 23, 2015 · A comprehensive autoimmune dementia evaluation for serum and cerebral spinal fluid is available from Mayo Medical Laboratories. The evaluation provides neurologists with neural antibody testing for patients with symptoms of autoimmune dementia.
Researchers identify new criteria to detect rapidly progressive …
Nov 8, 2023 · Mayo Clinic researchers have identified new scoring criteria allowing for the detection of treatable forms of rapidly progressive dementia (RPD) with reasonably high confidence during a patient's first clinical visit.
What is mild cognitive impairment (MCI) and how do you treat it?
Jan 2, 2025 · Mild cognitive impairment is important to recognize because it increases a person’s risk of developing dementia — including Alzheimer’s disease, which is the most common type of dementia. But it also is important to understand that mild cognitive impairment doesn’t always progress to dementia.
Mayo Clinic Minute: Is Alzheimer’s Type 3 diabetes?
Nov 7, 2017 · Are some cases of Alzheimer's disease triggered by a form of diabetes in the brain? Perhaps they are, according to researchers. Mayo Clinic's campuses in Rochester, Minnesota, and Jacksonville, Florida, recently participated in a multi-institution clinical study, testing whether a new insulin nasal spray can improve Alzheimer’s symptoms. “This study has furthered our …
What can I expect as Alzheimer’s progresses? - Mayo Clinic Press
Jan 2, 2025 · People with Alzheimer’s — the most common form of dementia — vary in how they experience the disease. It may develop at different ages in different people, and symptoms may be worse for some than they are for others.