American Academy of Neurology: People Who Cannot Read May Be Three Times as Likely to Develop Dementia
November 13, 2019
November 13, 2019
MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota, Nov. 13 -- The American Academy of Neurology issued the following news release:
New research has found that people who are illiterate, meaning they never learned to read or write, may have nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than people who can read and write. The study is published in the November 13, 2019, online issue of Neurology (https://n.neurology.org/lookup/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008587), the medical journal of the American Acade . . .
New research has found that people who are illiterate, meaning they never learned to read or write, may have nearly three times greater risk of developing dementia than people who can read and write. The study is published in the November 13, 2019, online issue of Neurology (https://n.neurology.org/lookup/doi/10.1212/WNL.0000000000008587), the medical journal of the American Acade . . .