Cognition declines 4 times faster in people with Alzheimer's disease than those with no dementia

Tuesday, March 23, 2010 - 09:50 in Health & Medicine

People with Alzheimer's disease experience a rate of cognitive decline four times greater than those with no cognitive impairment according to a new study by researchers at Rush University Medical Centre 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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