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Hartford Hospital's Health Referral Services: Phone: 860.545.1888 Email: CLICK HERE | | | |  | |  |
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Diseases/Conditions
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Dementia
Dementia is a brain disorder that seriously affects a person’s ability to
carry out daily activities.
Alzheimer’s is the leading cause of dementia, a group of conditions that all
gradually destroy brain cells and lead to progressive decline in mental
function. Vascular dementia, another common form, results from reduced blood
flow to the brain’s nerve cells. In some cases, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular
dementia can occur together in a condition called "mixed dementia." Other causes
of dementia include frontotemporal dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies,
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and Parkinson’s disease.
For more information about dementia or Alzheimer’s Disease
diagnosis and treatment, contact your physician, or:
On the Web:
Alzheimer's Association: www.alz.org
Alzheimer's Disease Education & Referral Center: www.alzheimers.org
Institute of Living Memory Disorders Center: CLICK HERE
National Institute of Health: www.nihseniorhealth.gov
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