Ability to Recall Life Events May Help ID Early-Stage Alzheimer’s

Testing how well people remember past events in their lives could help medical professionals make early predictions about who is at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to a new study.

University of Arizona researchers administered an “autobiographical memory” test to a group of 35 healthy adults, about half of whom carry the gene variant APOE e4, a known genetic risk factor that nearly doubles the chances of developing Alzheimer’s disease.

As a group, those with the...

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