Monday 5 January 2015

Breaking the law may be a sign of dementia

By Kathryn Doyle (Reuters Health) - Criminal behavior in older adults, including theft, traffic violations, sexual advances, trespassing, and public urination, may be a sign of dementia, researchers say. There is a subgroup of people, especially older adults who are first-time offenders, who may have a degenerative brain disease underlying their criminal behavior, said Dr. Georges Naasan of the Memory and Aging Center and Department of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco. ... via Health News Headlines - Yahoo News Read More Here..

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