'Silent strokes' linked to memory loss in elderly

[Little Star]

USA Today
By Alan Mozes, HealthDay

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In some cases, memory loss among the elderly may be due to so-called "silent strokes," new research suggests.

Such strokes, which may not cause any noticeable symptoms, result in small pockets of dead brain cells, and are found in roughly 25 percent of older adults, the study team noted.

"The new aspect of this study of memory loss in the elderly is that it examines silent strokes and [brain] shrinkage simultaneously," study author Adam Brickman, of the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center in New York, explained in a news release from the American Academy of Neurology.
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http://yourlife.usatoday.com/health/healthcare/studies/story/2011-12-30/Silent-strokes-linked-to-memory-loss-in-elderly/52284460/1

Ain't old age fun? I've never heard of silent strokes before, you?

[bemildred]

1. Growing old is not for sissies.

[Little Star]

2. Ain't that the truth!

[marybourg]

3. But, but, we're going to have to

work until we're 75!