Signs of dementia 'might be visible up to a DECADE before patients are even diagnosed'

Signs of dementia 'might be visible up to a DECADE before patients are even diagnosed' Possible signs of dementia may be visible up to a decade before people are typically diagnosed, a study suggests.

People who performed badly on problem solving and memory tests nine years earlier were more likely to get diseases including Alzheimer's, Cambridge scientists found. The Daily Mail

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• Pre-diagnostic cognitive and functional impairment in multiple sporadic neurodegenerative diseases (open access) Alzheimer's & Dementia