1. Dementia Often Missed as Cause of Death - US News and World Report
This could skew the truth about deadliness of Alzheimer's, report says

2. Low Childhood IQ Tied to Dementia in Old Age - US News and World Report
By Alan Mozes HealthDay Reporter Spanish ID: 616884 WEDNESDAY, June 25 -- Your IQ in childhood may predict your odds of getting a common form of dementia in old age, according to Scottish researchers who turned to 76-year-old test scores to come to ...

3. Dementia : Causes, incidence, and risk factors  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
The two major causes of non-reversible (degenerative) dementia are: Alzheimer's disease; Loss of brain function due to a series of small strokes (vascular dementia. The two conditions often occur together. Dementia with Lewy bodies (DLB) is a lead...• Reviewer: Luc Jasmin, MD, PhD, Departments of Anatomy & Neurological Surgery, University of California, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.

4. Dementia : Causes  (Trust Mark: Doctor-Reviewed)
Dementia is usually caused by degeneration of brain cells in the cerebral cortex, the part of the brain responsible for thoughts, memories, actions, and personality. Death of brain cells in this region leads to the cognitive impairment that charac...• Author: Mai Tran, Teresa G. Odle