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This web page from Medline's medical encyclopedia provides broad but easy-to-read explanation for the syndrome, covering basic information on the disease as well as information on support groups and expectations for and complications of Wernicke-Korsakoff's syndrome.

This web page discusses Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, its causes, and its treatment. It also provides links to current research and supporting organizations.

This website provides a thorough discussion of Wernicke-Korsakoff syndrome, including information on diagnosis, treatment, and medications.

This set of web pages on the causes and risk factors for Alzheimer's disease is part of a click-through booklet that includes basic information on many aspects of Alzheimer's disease (symptoms, treatments, research). The booklet also contains a number of videos on different aspects of Alzheimer's disease and aging.

This web page discusses the known risk factors for Alzheimer's - both those that individuals can influence, such as heart health, and those that they cannot, such as heredity.

These four fact sheets - "Am I at risk of developing dementia?", "Genetics and Dementia", "Aluminium and Alzheimer's disease", and "Learning disabilities and dementia" - discuss the risk factors associated with the development of Alzheimer's disease.

This web page discusses the known risk factors for Alzheimer's disease and how adults can build up "brain reserve" by continuing to exercise the brain. It includes a link to memory games and puzzles at the bottom of the page that can help build up this brain reserve.

This web page lists the 10 most common signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and compares each symptom to what is normal for an older person.

This web page lists the typical signs and symptoms of Alzheimer's disease and ways that people with Alzheimer's often respond to their own symptoms. There is a detailed description of signs and symptoms during the early, mid, and late stages of Alzheimer's disease.

This web page lists the most common early symptoms of dementia and provides a description of each one.