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2. Clinical Dementia Rating - Wikipedia

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   Therefore, early and accurate diagnosis of dementia and staging can be essential to proper clinical care. Without the ability to reliably assess dementia across the board, the misuse of anti-dementia compounds could have negative consequences, such as patients receiving the wrong medication, or not receiving treatment in the early stages of ...

3. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   The term senile dementia of the Alzheimer type (SDAT) was used for a time to describe the condition in those over 65, with classical Alzheimer's disease being used to describe those who were younger. Eventually, the term Alzheimer's disease was formally adopted in medical nomenclature to describe individuals of all ages with a characteristic ...

4. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   Alzheimer's disease accounts for 60–70% of cases of dementia worldwide. The most common symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are short-term memory loss and word-finding difficulties. Trouble with visuospatial functioning (getting lost often), reasoning, judgment and insight fail. Insight refers to whether or not the person realizes they have ...

5. Early detection remains best treatment of Alzheimer's - AOL

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   May 8—As soon as Carolyn Perrygo noticed small signs that her husband John's memory was slipping back in 2010, they were sitting in a doctor's office, charting a path forward. Four years later ...

6. New Research Finds That a Simple, At-Home Test Could Be ... - AOL

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7. Memory disorder - Wikipedia

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   Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive, degenerative and fatal brain disease, in which cell to cell connections in the brain are lost. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. [2] Globally approximately 1–5% of the population is affected by Alzheimer's disease. [3] Women are disproportionately affected by Alzheimer's disease.