ROCHESTER, MN - Researchers at Mayo Clinic found that if you carry a gene known to increase the risk of Alzheimer's Disease, your memory may decline faster than people without the gene, even if you never develop full blown Alzheimer's.
In the study patients took a memory test to study the effect normal aging has on people with and without an Alzheimer's gene.
The results were published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
They found at about age 55, memory starts to decline a bit.
But after that things change.
People who have the Alzheimer's gene have a more accelerated rate of memory decline than people who don't.
Mayo doctors say if you do have the gene you at at increased risk of Alzheimer's disease.
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