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For other senses of this word, see dementia (disambiguation). Dementia (from Latin de- "apart, away," + mens (genitive mentis) "mind") is the progressive decline in cognitive function due to damage or disease in the brain beyond what might be expected from normal aging. Particularly affected areas may be memory, attention, language and problem solving, although particularly in the later stages of the condition, affected persons may be disoriented in time (not knowing what day, week, month ...
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Dementia Organizations
- National Women's Health Information Center http://www.4woman.gov/
- Medline Plus http://medlineplus.gov/
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- National Institutes of Health http://www.nih.gov/
- American Association for Clinical Chemistry
- Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research http://www.mayoclinic.com
- American Academy of Family Physicians http://www.aafp.org/
- Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
- Food and Drug Administration
- American College of Physicians http://www.acponline.org/
- American Medical Association http://www.ama-assn.org/
- National Library of Medicine
- National Mental Health Association http://www.nmha.org/
- National Institute on Aging http://www.nia.nih.gov/
- Administration on Aging
- Project Inform http://www.projectinform.org/
- Family Caregiver Alliance http://www.caregiver.org/
- Alzheimer's Association http://www.alz.org/
- American Geriatrics Society http://www.americangeriatrics.org/
- National Women's Health Information Center, OWH, HHS http://www.4woman.gov/
- Women's Health Initiative, OD, NIH, HHS http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/whi/index.html
- National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH, HHS http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- New York Online Access to Health, The New York Hospital Cornell Medical Center (NOAH) http://www.noah-health.org
- Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral Center, NIA, NIH, HHS http://www.alzheimers.org/
- National Institute of Neurological Diseases and Stroke http://www.ninds.nih.gov/
- Office of Medical Applications of Research http://odp.od.nih.gov/omar/
- Cleveland Clinic http://www.clevelandclinic.org
- University of Maryland Medical Center http://www.umm.edu/

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