About 10% of all people over the age of 65 have some form of dementia, by the age of 85 that has increased to 30-50%. As the population aged 65 and older continues to increase, the number of people with dementia will increase as well. But millions more elders who forget a name or why… Continue reading Is It a Memory Lapse or Is It Dementia?
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Memory Complaints in Older Women May Signal Thinking Problems Decades Later
A study published in the October 28th, 2015, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology suggests that older women who complain of memory problems may be at higher risk for experiencing diagnosed memory and thinking impairment decades later. A release from the academy quotes study author Allison Kaup, PhD,… Continue reading Memory Complaints in Older Women May Signal Thinking Problems Decades Later