Dementia: The ‘first’ symptom of dementia may not be memory loss - major study finding

 DEMENTIA is an umbrella term for a cluster of symptoms associated with progressive brain decline. Although memory loss is the hallmark feature of dementia, research suggests it may not be the "first" symptom you experience.

The researchers found that depression and cognitive impairment were the first symptoms to appear in 98.5 percent and 99.1 percent of individuals in a study with late-onset Alzheimer’s and nine percent and 80 percent, respectively, in early-onset Alzheimer’s.

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