Cognition Declines Four Times Faster in People With Alzheimer`s Disease Than Those With No Dementia

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 19:07 in Health & Medicine

(PhysOrg.com) -- People with Alzheimer`s disease experience a rate of cognitive decline four times greater than those with no dementia according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center in Chicago. The results of the study, which is only the second population-based study to quantify the rate of cognitive decline in Alzheimer`s disease, are published in the March 23, 2010 issue of the journal Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

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