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   Seeking Early Signals of Dementia in Driving and Credit Scores   
      
   The pathologies underlying brain decline can begin years before   
   symptoms emerge. Can everyday behavior provide warning?   
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   "Studies have shown that driving changes in people with symptomatic   
   Alzheimer's," Ms. Bayat said. "But some changes occur even earlier."   
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   For a year, researchers measured both groups' driving performance --   
   how often they accelerated or braked aggressively, exceeded or fell   
   well below the speed limit, made abrupt moves -- and their "driving   
   space" (number of trips, average distance, unique destinations, trips   
   at night). "Only now, because we have these technologies, can we do   
   this kind of research," Ms. Bayat said.   
      
   The study found that driving behavior and age could predict   
   preclinical Alzheimer's 88 percent of the time.   
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   Similarly, a study analyzing medical records and consumer credit   
   reports for more than 80,000 Medicare beneficiaries showed that   
   seniors who eventually received a diagnosis of Alzheimer+IBk-s disease   
   were significantly more likely to have delinquent credit card payments   
   than those who were demographically similar but never received such   
   diagnoses. They also were more likely to have subprime credit scores.   
      
      
      
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