Loss of memory more common in men than women

  how many times have complained you that your husband does not seem ready to remember what that is? You ask him to get out of the trash, and fifteen minutes later it is still TV, claiming never told you him. You remember him to fetch the milk on the way to the return of the work, and it shows empty-handed. But, it seems never forget his team preferred football or when reading that the race is broadcast on ESPN.

It is the selective memory? Well, maybe not. It turns out that the guys can have an excuse for their inability to follow things and women.

According to a new study, mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which generally exhibits itself as mild memory loss, is a time and a half more frequent among men than women.

The study, published in September 7 of Neurology number, followed by 2,050 people between ages 70 and 89 in Olmstead County, Minnesota. Fourteen per cent of women in the study exposes MCI compared to about 20% of men. Many wives may be knocking the head, indicating that they are not surprised by these results, the authors of the study were.

Lead study author Dr. Ronald Peterson, Director of the Centre for research of Alzheimer's disease of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and a member of the American Academy of Neurology, said dementia and Alzheimer's disease are more common in womenfully there to suffer more than men, women in early memory loss problems. "Do really understand us the significance of the results," says Peterson. "Most of us feel that more women suffers from dementia because they live longer than men".

It is possible, said Peterson, that men might memory loss earlier and that the symptoms remain softer, more because they live generally as long as their female counterparts in sex. Thus, they live long enough to develop Alzheimer's all-out or other types of dementia.

Peterson also theorizes that the memory more male problems can have nothing to do with the first signs of dementia. On the contrary, they can be the result of vascular disease such as hypertension or diabetes, which can affect cognitive ability.

The study also showed that people with lower levels of education were not married were more likely to suffer from mild cognitive impairment. "This really reflects the fact that someone with higher education is probably a more cognitive reserve and can best compensate for mild memory loss," Peterson notes. He also said that married people tend to have stronger social networks, a lifestyle factor that contributes to a better overall health, not only a better memory.

Thus, if you regularly forget where car keys are and can't remember where you put last this cell phone, should you be worried that dementia is in your future? Probably not. "Some loophole is part of the normal process of aging," says Peterson.

But what happens if you are only middle-aged and you still get confused in normal daily activities? "In 50 years memory impairment is probably not Alzheimer's disease," says Peterson. "At this age, we would probably see other causes." Also, he warned against get too upset if you lost or forgotten out of the Recycle Bin. Each of us can get off track when we are distracted, especially at a time when we are so much multitasking.

"When you regularly forget important information such as Doctor appointments, tee times or dinner with friends, or when the people around you begin to notice, then you may need to source of concern," Peterson says. "."Don ' t ignore this oversight. "See your doctor".