Forbes September 13, 2024
The genes you inherit from your parents may not only influence if you develop Alzheimer’s disease but also when. Although a family history of dementia does not guarantee that you will develop symptoms later in life, new research suggests that the risk may be higher depending on which parent is affected. This begs the question: is Alzheimer’s disease more likely to be inherited from mom or dad?
To answer this question, investigators at Harvard Medical School recruited over 4,000 cognitively normal adults between the ages of 65 and 85 across the US, Canada, Japan, and Australia. Participants were asked to report if and at what age either parent developed Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia. The findings indicated that the...
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