We answer the questions you're asking about Alzheimer's disease, which causes dementia.
Is dementia the same as Alzheimer's?Memory loss is the most common feature of dementia, particularly the struggle to remember recent events.
Others include vascular dementia, dementia with Lewy bodies, fronto-temporal dementia, Parkinson's disease dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and the newly discovered Late.The first signs of Alzheimer's disease tend to be lapses in memory. Early onset Alzheimer's is relatively rare. Still, 5% of all Alzheimer's cases are in people under the age of 65.
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