What does VD stand for?

Vascular Dementia

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Samples in periodicals archive:

Decline may follow a pattern similar to either Alzheimer or vascular dementia or a combination of both.

How Alzheimer's Disease Can Affect the Brain

Belle was comfortable and happy during her final years of suffering with Vascular Dementia.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Light and moderate drinkers were also 25 per cent less likely to contract vascular dementia, and 26 per cent less likely to suffer from any form of dementia, the authors found.

Heavy drinking 'cuts dementia risk'

She was diagnosed with vascular dementia and had in-patient assessment after which her consultant recommended we find her a place in a care home.

Hope for elderly care; LETTERS

There are more than 100 types of dementia, with the most common being Alzheimer's disease, vascular dementia and dementia with Lewy bodies.

Letter: Thanks to centre staff

That was given as blunt force head trauma, a fall from a height with vascular dementia also playing a part in Mr Tilston's death.

WALES: Pensioner's fatal care home plunge 'not suspicious' Foul play ...

Vascular dementia is caused by tiny blockages in the blood vessels of the brain causing very small areas to be starved of oxygen.

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CHICAGO -- High cholesterol levels in midlife are associated with an increased risk of Alzheimer's disease and vascular dementia, data from a large, diverse cohort suggest.

High midlife cholesterol increases Alzheimer's risk