Sometimes I Feel Like a Piece of Bologna

Depression Linked to Alzheimer’s Disease

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Researchers at UCLA have concluded that people between 55 and 91 with depression are at a higher risk for developing Alzheimer's Disease. A depression test produced results in points and for every point of increase on the test the risk of developing Alzheimer’s went up by 3 percent, suggesting that depression is a major risk factor for Alzheimer’s disease. The researchers hope that early treatment of depression will lower the rates of Alzheimer's the patients develop.

Sounds like a good reason to keep that good mental attitude, beginning now.

Labels: aging, Alzheimer's, depression