It is important to distinguish Alzheimer's disease from dementia, which is a more general term. Dementia is the medical term for impairments in thinking and memory that occur due to disease affecting the brain. Alzheimer's disease is a specific form of dementia, and the most common form of dementia in the United States.The first... Read more
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