One more thing, is dementia related to brain activity or mental activity?
Answer Mark, I didn’t know if you were trying to get help for a school project, or if you were asking on behalf of, say, a grandparent, or about yourself, in which case I didn’t know your age. And the cause of dementia is not clear, nor is any treatment or preventative. That’s why I had to answer as I did. Let me add a little, based on your follow-up. If it is someone elderly, there is a class of prescription drugs that show some small promise of helping, but they are costly and can cause nausea. If it is yourself, as I indicated, dementia (though the prefered term is usually Alzeimer’s) is being vigorously researched. This is not easy, as this has to be long-term research, and it is hard to specifically define the stage of brain-function loss and other variables. So far, few of these studies are being performed scientifically, and of these, fewer still show clear promise. The one exception in a proper scientific study is that taking pills that are the equivalent of five medium-size ca
