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Brain Trauma Speeds Dementia


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Even repeated mild head trauma can lead to dementia, and it speeds the development of Alzheimers dementia.  Protect your brain!

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Jeff Schaffert, Christian LoBue, Charles L. White, Hsueh-Sheng Chiang, Nyaz Didehbani, Laura Lacritz, Heidi Rossetti, Marisara Dieppa, John Hart, C. Munro Cullum. Traumatic Brain Injury History Is Associated With an Earlier Age of Dementia Onset in Autopsy-Confirmed Alzheimer’s Disease.. Neuropsychology, 2018; DOI: 10.1037/neu0000423

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Dr. Howard Smith ReportsBy Howard G. Smith MD, AM