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Stress disorder ups dementia risk in older veterans: (VANCOUVER SUN, CA)
August 05, 2009
Older veterans who have had post-traumatic stress disorder have nearly double the risk of dementia than other veterans, U.S. researchers said on Monday. The findings, presented at an Alzheimer's Association meeting in Vienna, are the first to link PTSD -- a debilitating anxiety disorder that can be caused by wartime trauma -- with dementia. click here to view
