What is Dementia, Really?
- Team Writer
- Dec 29, 2025
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 29
What is Dementia?
Dementia is a collection of symptoms, a syndrome, that includes Alzheimer’s, Vascular, Lewy Body, Frontotemporal, Mixed Dementia, and over 200 other underlying causes.
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