Dementia-depression connection: Early sadness can lead to later cognitive issues, study finds
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People who suffer from depression are more than twice as likely to develop dementia later in life, a new study from Penn Medicine found. A psychologist offers potential reasons.
The link was found for both young and middle-aged adults, but the risk was higher for men. "We know that depression can cause shrinkage of the hippocampus, an area of the brain that is important for recent memories." "Sadness and depression are not the same thing." Melissa Rudy is health editor and a member of the lifestyle team at Fox News Digital.
The study was a collaboration between researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania and Aarhus University in Denmark. It followed 1.4 million Danish citizens over nearly four decades, according to a press release announcing the findings.
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