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What is Dementia? |
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Characteristics of Dementia |
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Primary Causes of Dementia |
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Other Causes of Dementia |
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Cognitive Problems that aren’t Dementia |
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Risk Factors of Dementia |
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Assessing the Changes |
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What to Expect as you Grow Older |
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Addressing a Common Question |
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Physical Changes with Normal Aging |
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Your Brain and How it Works |
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Cognitive Changes with Normal Aging |
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A Littler Reassurance |
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Diagnosing Dementia |
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The Importance of Early Diagnosis |
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Criteria for a Diagnosis |
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Common Diagnostic Procedures |
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Possible Diagnostic Procedures |
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Diagnosing a Type of Dementia |
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What Happens After Diagnosis |
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The Basics of Alzheimer’s Disease |
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How Alzheimer’s Disease Develops |
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Stages of Alzheimer’s Disease |
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Criteria for a Diagnosis |
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Conditions that may Accompany Alzheimer’s |
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Alzheimer’s and Other Forms of Dementia |
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Advancing our Understanding |
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Biological Basis of Alzheimer’s |
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Plaques and Tangles |
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Contributing Factors |
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Genetic Factors Affecting Alzheimer’s Disease |
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A Complicated Process |
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Treatment of Alzheimer’s |
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Working Toward Treatment Goals |
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Medications for Cognitive Symptoms |
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Strategies for Behavioral Symptoms |
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Medication Therapies for Behavioral Symptoms |
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A Good Perspective |
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Frontotemporal dementia |
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Types of Frontotemporal Dementia |
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What Goes on Inside the Brain |
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Signs and Symptoms |
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Diagnosis |
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Treatment |
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Moving Ahead |
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Dementia with Lewy Bodies |
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Overview |
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Signs and Symptoms |
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Treatment |
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All for one, One for all |
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Vascular Cognitive Impairment |
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Overview |
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Mechanisms of the Disease Process |
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Signs and Symptoms |
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Risk Factors |
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Diagnosis |
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Treatment and Prevention |
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Positive Steps Toward Prevention |
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Other Causes of Dementia |
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Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus |
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Huntington’s Disease |
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease |
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Dementia Associated with Other Disorders |
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Many Causes |
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Mild Cognitive Impairment |
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Subcategories of MCI |
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Causes |
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Diagnosis |
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Outcome |
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Inside the MCI Brain |
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Treatment |
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Making Progress |
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Staying Mentally Sharp |
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Effects of Aging on Brain Function |
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Strategies for Staying Mentally Sharp |
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Focus on Solutions |
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Research Trends |
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Causes |
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Early Diagnosis |
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Treatment and Prevention |
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Lifestyle Factors |
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Keeping it all in Perspective |