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Guidelines for sites linking to mayoclinic.orgMayo Clinic is at the forefront of clinical practice and research in Alzheimer's disease (AD), offering a multidisciplinary approach that involves a comprehensive evaluation of the patient's disease and associated symptoms. Patients are treated by Mayo Clinic physicians with extensive experience in the diagnosis and treatment of Alzheimer's disease. These specialists include neurologists, neuropsychologists, neuroradiologists, psychiatrists, sleep medicine, and physical medicine specialists.
Treatment programs are tailored to each individual patient and take into account the patient's and family's needs while providing state-of-the-art care and access to new developments and appropriate clinical trials.
Follow-up care is available at Mayo Clinic. Efforts are made to coordinate care with the patient's primary or local physicians. Mayo specialists also care for patients with other disorders that cause cognitive impairment and dementia.
Some patients diagnosed with AD are eligible to participate in the Mayo Alzheimer's Disease Research Center (ADRC).
No single test can detect Alzheimer's. Instead, the disease is diagnosed by symptoms, findings on neurologic examination, and results from diagnostic tests. These tests help exclude other conditions that might cause the signs and symptoms. Read more about Alzheimer's disease diagnosis.
Treatment programs are tailored to each individual and take into account the needs of the patient and family, while providing state-of-the-art care and access to new developments and appropriate clinical trials. Read more about Alzheimer's disease treatment options.
Alzheimer's disease is a degenerative disorder of the brain in which nerve cells die over time. Many areas of the brain shrink and lose function. As a result, a person with Alzheimer's has a steady loss of memory and other thinking abilities (cognitive skills) and gradually loses independence.
Alzheimer's cannot be cured, but it can be treated and managed. Early diagnosis offers many advantages for patients and their families.
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Learn about research programs at all three Mayo locations and see publications by researchers.
Mayo's Alzheimer's Disease Research Center is one of 29 NIH-funded centers in the United States.
Mayo Clinic Radiologist Clifford Jack Jr., M.D., has been awarded the 2008 Potamkin Prize by the American Academy of Neurology for his research in Alzheimer's disease and related disorders.
Watch Mayo Clinic research fellow Prashanthi Vemuri, Ph.D., discuss a computer analysis that provides Alzheimer's disease severity scores on YouTube.
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