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Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease are not the same thing

There is a difference between dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. According to the Mayo Clinic, the fundamental difference is that dementia actually refers to a set of symptoms; dementia is not a disease. It’s an easy enough mistake to make. Broadly speaking, Alzheimer’s causes dementia, but so does Parkinson’s disease. There are also different types of […]READ POST »