Alzheimer’s Is Just One Form of Dementia – How Different Types Affect Memory, Behaviour and Body

Alzheimer’s is just one form of dementia – how different types affect memory, behaviour and body

Here’s what to know about the other main types and how they affect the brain.

Dementia comes in many forms. Alzheimer’s is just one. – PR informa

Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. (Robert Samuel Hanson/The New York Times) By DANA G. SMITH Alzheimer’s disease is the most commonly diagnosed form of dementia, but it’s far from the only one. In fact, most people who have dementia (including Alzheimer’s) show signs of several different types of neurodegenerative disease in their brains. That can include the amyloid plaques and …