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Posted in dementia diagnosis, dementia friendly communities, risk reduction, stigma, training and information sessions tagged brain health, how to care for someone with dementia, maintain your brain, reduce likelihood of dementia, risk reduction, stigma, your brain matters. It can affect different cognitive functions, such as memory, language skills, understanding of information, spatial. The brain stem sits beneath your cerebrum in front of your cerebellum. Dementia itself is not a disease rather it is a collection of symptoms caused by disorders that affect your brain. Wednesday, may 27, 2015 healthday news damage to the brain s white matter may be an early sign of certain types of alzheimer. Research analysis careers books and culture podcasts videos. The risk factors for dementia are different in everybody.
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