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2. Alzheimer's vs. normal memory loss: here are 5 things ... - AOL

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   An estimated 6.5 million Americans age 65 and up are living with Alzheimer's disease. The progressive disease is devastating and can cause symptoms ranging from memory loss to seizures, according ...

3. Is My Memory Loss Normal...Or An Early Sign Of Alzheimer's? - AOL

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   The earliest warning signs of Alzheimer's disease include memory loss that impacts your daily functioning, vision and language issues, social withdrawal, and more.

4. Alzheimer's disease - Wikipedia

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   A probable diagnosis is based on the history of the illness and cognitive testing, with medical imaging and blood tests to rule out other possible causes. [8] [20] Initial symptoms are often mistaken for normal brain aging. [16] Examination of brain tissue is needed for a definite diagnosis, but this can only take place after death. [21] [22]

5. Memory lapses: What’s normal, what’s not - AOL

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   Occasional memory loss can happen to anyone, no matter how old you are. Sometimes there is an external cause, related to how you are living your life — and making changes to your life can help ...

6. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   The symptoms of this dementia depend on where in the brain the strokes occurred and whether the blood vessels affected were large or small. [13] Repeated injury can cause progressive dementia over time, while a single injury located in an area critical for cognition such as the hippocampus, or thalamus, can lead to sudden cognitive decline. [75]

7. Mild cognitive impairment - Wikipedia

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   Mild cognitive impairment (MCI) may be caused due to alteration in the brain triggered during early stages of Alzheimer's disease, to other causes, or to a combination of causes. [14] [15] Brain damage, brain injury, delirium and prolonged substance abuse can cause MCI. HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder can cause MCI. Risk factors of both ...