Study finds memory loss starts earlier
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Posted: 01/09/2012
Age-related memory loss can start much sooner than originally thought.
For years, experts thought changes in memory began closer to age 60.
British researchers found mental and memory decline can begin as early as our mid-to-late 40's.
They found the declines in younger people were modest, but they were there.
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