8 Signs of Early-Onset Dementia and What to Do about Them
Dr. Kevin Klar
Every year, early-onset dementia and its various conditions, including Alzheimer’s disease – the most common illness related to cognitive decline – affect an increasing number of people under the age of sixty-five. According to the Dementia Society of America, more than nine million people live with some form of dementia, and, in 2019, all the forms of dementia combined were globally estimated to be the second leading cause of death, behind heart disease in high-income countries. Signs of early-onset dementia affect approximately 200,000 people under sixty-five in the US. These symptoms can appear in a person’s forties or fifties, and as the cognitive decline is typically associated with older age...
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