Dr. Ashish Dutta

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Understanding dementia

Published On: September 22, 2017 11:55 AM NPT By: Dr. Ashish Dutta

This not only affects memories but all other mental faculties like planning, language, daily activities. Dementia occurs due to the shrinking of the brain size and progressive death of brain cells due to abnormal accumulation of certain harmful proteins, as they grow older.