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Considering many factors causing older veteran's cognitive difficulties may improve personalized care - EurekAlert


<strong>SAN DIEGO, CA May 8, 2024</strong>&nbsp;&ndash; A new study investigated how measures of thinking, memory, and Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease risk group together in Veterans aged 65 and older without dementia. Results of the study showed multiple patterns of cognitive strengths and weaknesses and Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease risk and may imply that older Veterans with certain cognitive difficulties could mistakenly receive a diagnosis of possible Alzheimer&rsquo;s disease, when other factors such as PTSD may really be the root cause of the cognitive difficulties.

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