AUTHOR: Science Daily/ American Academy of Neurology
PUBLICATION NAME: sciencedaily.com
DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 07, 2010.
SUMMARY:
Recent studies show that Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) affect men more than women. Mild Cognitive Impairment (MCI) is a condition when people have troubles with memory or thinking clearly. In the study, 2,050 people between the ages of 70 to 89 in Olmstead County, Minn were tested on their memory and thinking skills. The results from the test concluded that MCI was founded 1.5 times higher in men than in women. Usually, MCI leads to Alzheimer's disease. Alzheimer’s disease is usually found in elderly people and it is a brain disease that destroys memory and thinking skills. They also did a study on which gender was more likely to have Dementia. Dementia is a brain disease that affects memory, thinking, language, judgment and behavior. In the study, 14 percent of the participants had MCI, 10 percent had Dementia and 76 of the participants had normal memory and thinking skills. The study reflected that 19 percent of men had MCI when only 14 percent of women had it. The study also stated that people who are in low education have a higher chance of getting MCI. This was the first study that dealt with the community of both genders to find MCI. As the study of MCI progresses, Ronald Petersen, MD, PhD, with the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn believe that other results of diseases have to do with gender.
The results of the tests made a public health impact because of these conditions. The conditions of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia resulted in finding new treatments.
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ARTICLE: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/09/100906202854.htm
SUBMITTED BY: Erikacamisse Diaz
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