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   People with memory loss more likely to develop dementia later, study finds   
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   New research suggests that people without dementia who begin reporting memory   
   issues may be more likely to develop dementia later, even if they have no   
   clinical signs of the disease. The study is published in the September 24,   
   2014, online issue of    
   Neurology(R), the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.   
      
   "What's notable about our study is the time it took for this transition to   
   dementia or clinical impairment to occur--about 12 years for dementia and nine   
   years for clinical impairment--after the memory complaints began," said study   
   author Richard J.    
   Kryscio, PhD, with the University of Kentucky in Lexington. "These findings   
   suggest that there may be a window for intervention before a diagnosable   
   problem shows up."   
      
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   For the study, 531 people with an average age of 73 and free of dementia were   
   asked yearly if they noticed any changes in their memory. They were also given   
   annual memory and thinking tests for an average of 10 years. After death, 243   
   of the participants'   
    brains were examined for evidence of Alzheimer's disease.   
      
   A total of 56 percent of the participants reported changes in their memory, at   
   an average age of 82. The study found that people who reported memory   
   complaints were nearly three times more likely to develop memory and thinking   
   problems. About one in six    
   participants developed dementia during the study, and 80 percent of those   
   first reported memory changes.   
      
   "Our study adds strong evidence to the idea that memory complaints are common   
   among older adults and are sometimes indicators of future memory and thinking   
   problems. Doctors should not minimize these complaints and should take them   
   seriously," said    
   Kryscio. "However, memory complaints are not a cause for immediate alarm since   
   impairment could be many years away. And, unfortunately, we do not yet have   
   preventive therapies for Alzheimer's disease and other illnesses that cause   
   memory problems."   
      
   Source:   
   American Academy of Neurology   
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