Doctors use medicines to treat dementia in several ways.

In rare cases, surgery may be used to remove a brain tumor or to treat normal - pressure hydrocephalus, both of which can cause dementia. Other causes of dementias cannot be treated with surgery.

Researchers are investigating many treatments to learn whether they can prevent or delay the development of dementia.

Check this list of resources for information on and treatment of dementia.

Alzheimers Disease is the most common type of dementia.

A list of resources for information on dementia.

This list of authors contributed to the article on dementia.