Memory complaints may signal 12-year dementia risk: study

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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. ...

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