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Article: Study points to depression as a risk for developing AD.(Alzheimer disease)(Brief Article)
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- Medical Letter on the CDC & FDA
- Article date:
- September 29, 2002
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2002 SEP 29 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- A long-term study of people over age 65 suggests that severity of depressive symptoms is related to risk of developing Alzheimer disease. The study is published in the August 13, 2002 issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
More than 650 elderly people took part in the 7-year study which included annual neurological evaluations and testing of cognitive function. Baseline testing showed about half of the participants had no depressive symptoms and the remainder had from one to eight. Only 1% had symptoms severe enough to warrant a diagnosis of major depression.
During ...