Examples of dementia in the following topics:
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- Neurodegenerative disorders include Huntington's disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), Alzheimer's disease, other dementia disorders, and Parkinson's disease.
- Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia in the elderly.
- Alzheimer's disease was named for Alois Alzheimer, a German psychiatrist who published a report in 1911 about a woman who showed severe dementia symptoms.
- This rare form of early-onset Alzheimer's disease affects fewer than five percent of patients with the disease and causes dementia beginning between the ages of 30 and 60.
- Patients with Parkinson's disease can also exhibit psychological symptoms, such as dementia or emotional problems.
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- Supplementation of estrogen in the form of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) can prevent bone loss, but the therapy can have negative side effects, such as an increased risk of stroke or heart attack, blood clots, breast cancer, ovarian cancer, endometrial cancer, gall bladder disease, and, possibly, dementia.