By MARY C. FRIDLEY, For The Capital
By MARY C. FRIDLEY, For The Capital
Capital Gazette Communications
Published
09/07/08
DEAR MARY: I am an active 70-something woman who is worried that I'm getting Alzheimer's disease. I've recently noticed that my current memory isn't what it used to be. Sometimes it takes a while to come up with someone's name or remember information I was just told. To my credit, though, I do eventually remember. Should I be worried?
DEAR READER: All things change with age; our brains are no different. Message transmission between neurons slows and it becomes more difficult to store and retrieve information.
I compare the brain to a computer. Like a new computer, the...
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