According to Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine, dementia--an acquired deterioration in cognative abilities--impairs activities of daily living, like feeding ourselves, bathing, dressing, and grooming. Dementia, a syndrome that has many...
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS, can affect patients' brains, causing AIDS dementia complex. Before HIV progresses into AIDS, the condition is called HIV-associated dementia. The virus affects parts of the brain, such as the basal...
People throughout history have suspected what scientists are now verifying: exercise makes you smarter. Ancient Greeks believed in the interconnectedness of body and mind. Much later, Thomas Jefferson stated the connection bluntly: "Not less than...
Binswanger's disease is an older name for dementia caused by vasculature disorders, such as chronic hypertension and diabetes. It is now referred to as vasculature dementia or multi-infarct dementia or MID. In older people, MID is the second most...
