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Reducing your risk of dementia

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What is <strong>dementia</strong>?Dementia describes a group <strong>of</strong>symptoms, including memoryloss, confusion, mood changes anddifficulty with day-to-day tasks.What is <strong>dementia</strong>?There are many causes <strong>of</strong> <strong>dementia</strong>; Alzheimer’s diseaseis the most common, but others include vascular <strong>dementia</strong>,<strong>dementia</strong> with Lewy bodies and frontotemporal <strong>dementia</strong>.Mixed <strong>dementia</strong> can also occur, particularly Alzheimer’swith vascular <strong>dementia</strong> or <strong>dementia</strong> with Lewy bodies.You can find out more about these diseases by requestingour booklet, ‘All about <strong>dementia</strong>’.04visit: www.alzheimersresearchuk.org

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