Thursday, 25 September 2014

Memory complaints may signal 12-year dementia risk: study

By Kathryn Doyle NEW YORK - Many people over age 60 complain of memory changes, and those who do are more likely to develop cognitive impairment or dementia about nine to 12 years later, according to a new study. “There’s a fair amount of literature (showing) that if someone has a true subjective memory complaint, they are at higher risk, that’s a part of what we were able to find,” said lead author Richard J. Kryscio of the University of Kentucky in Lexington. “But we were able to attach a time to it as well,” Kryscio told Reuters Health by phone. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

No comments:

Post a Comment