Vascular dementia, according to the Mayo Clinic, is the term for cognitive impairments that result from a problem with the brain's blood supply. There are many different types of vascular dementia, and as many as one to four percent of those over...
End-stage dementia is marked by severe cognitive decline, and is an indication that the brain has lost the ability to communicate with the body. When dementia patients reach the final stages of the disease, most require around-the-clock nursing...
There are a little over 5 million Americans who have Alzheimer's disease. A majority of the people who have Alzheimer's develop full-blown symptoms by the age of 60 and beyond, according to the National Institute on Aging. When the disease...
Huntington's disease, an inherited neurological disorder, affects about 30,000 people in the United States, and another 200,000 are at risk, according to the Family Caregiver Alliance. Huntington's disease starts by affecting patients' cognitive...
Approximately 5 million people have dementia in the United States, according to the Merck Manuals Online Medical Library. Dementia is not really a disease, but rather a collection of symptoms that can be caused by a number of brain disorders and...
In Parkinson's, a progressive disease, the motor relay centers of the brain degenerate over time. As a consequence, people with the condition will experience uncontrollable shaking in the limbs and extremities, painful muscle rigidity that...
Johns Hopkins Medicine defines Parkinson's disease as a chronic brain disorder in which the brain's nerve cells slow down the production of the chemical dopamine. Dopamine is a neurotransmitter responsible for movement and balance. Hence, a...
Parkinson's is a degenerative disease affecting the nerve cells in the brain that allow for physical movement. The disease affects the physical function of a patient's body, making it difficult to move smoothly--or in late stages of the disease,...
