Memory Loss Becoming Less Common In Older Americans

Although it’s too soon to sound the death knell for the “senior moment,” it appears that memory loss and thinking problems are becoming less common among older Americans.A new nationally representative study shows a downward trend in the rate of “cognitive impairment” the umbrella term for everything from significant memory loss to dementia and Alzheimer’s disease among people aged 70 and older.The prevalence of cognitive impairment in this age group went down by 3.

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Filed under: Psychology on February 26th, 2008