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New Calculator Can Predict Risk of Being Diagnosed With Dementia
New York Post ^ | June 25, 2021 | Noah Sheidlower

Posted on 06/25/2021 5:31:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway

You can count on Canadian researchers to build a calculator that can predict your chances of developing dementia.

Researchers at the Ottawa Hospital, the University of Ottawa, the Bruyère Research Institute and ICES developed an online calculator empowering people over 55 to understand how they can reduce the risk of being diagnosed with dementia in the next five years.

This is the first tool designed to predict dementia, which refers to loss of memory and other thinking abilities that interferes with daily life, on a population level.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Science
KEYWORDS: dementia
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1 posted on 06/25/2021 5:31:40 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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2 posted on 06/25/2021 5:34:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.)
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“...calculator that can predict your chances of developing dementia...”

Newsflash: Calculators have been banned from the White House...


3 posted on 06/25/2021 5:37:21 PM PDT by JBW1949 (I'm really PC.....Patriotically Correct)
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With ‘Ol Joe, there is no need to predict, it is a fait accompli.


4 posted on 06/25/2021 5:37:49 PM PDT by Richard Axtell ( NO*)
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Bkmk


5 posted on 06/25/2021 5:46:44 PM PDT by sauropod (The smartphone is the retina of the mind's eye.)
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Plug’s Wild Eye look was just like my Dad when he had Old Timers.


6 posted on 06/25/2021 5:52:16 PM PDT by Deaf Smith (When a Texan takes his chances, chances will be taken that's for sure.)
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Just took the test.It said that anyone who whispers during a televised news conference has an advanced case of dementia/psychosis.


7 posted on 06/25/2021 5:53:40 PM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Trump: "They're After You. I'm Just In The Way")
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Do they have a test for 82+ old geezers?

Just asking for a friend.


8 posted on 06/25/2021 6:03:05 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (“Respond only to polite and intelligent posters! Who don’t insult you or us! Forget the others!”)
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Plug’s Wild Eye look was just like my Dad when he had Old Timers.


Did your dad sometimes whisper when he thought he was making an important point?

(Please note, I’m not making light of your dad’s decline, it must have been awful for both him and the people who loved him).


9 posted on 06/25/2021 6:03:56 PM PDT by hanamizu
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Read “Grain Brain,” by Dr. Perlmutter. It’s available at my local library and probably yours.


10 posted on 06/25/2021 6:08:05 PM PDT by Veto! (Political Correctness Offends Me)
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From the article:There are no cures or treatments for dementia.

This is something the Medical profession should get across to the caretakers. -Tom

11 posted on 06/25/2021 6:08:57 PM PDT by Capt. Tom (.It's COVID 2021 - The Events, not us, are still in charge -Tom)
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To: Grampa Dave; nickcarraway; Gamecock; SaveFerris; PROCON; mylife
It's also a tip calculator.


12 posted on 06/25/2021 6:09:22 PM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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bookmark


13 posted on 06/25/2021 6:15:59 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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Well put!


14 posted on 06/25/2021 6:16:57 PM PDT by GOP Poet (Super cool you can change your tag line EVERYTIME you post!! :D. (Small things make me happy))
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It said I already did this test four times today.


15 posted on 06/25/2021 6:37:31 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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My mom did. Watching Joe really makes me feel uncomfortable. I don’t want to seem like I am mocking people with battlefield PTSD, but watching Joe gives me flashbacks to bad times working with my mom and mother in law when they were failing.


16 posted on 06/25/2021 6:40:36 PM PDT by Vermont Lt
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I have to wonder how long the MSM is going to be able to successfully cover up Joe’s problems. Too many people are getting info from sources other than MSM. To many are seeing him as he really is. The confusion is one thing, the stumbling over names, words, and numbers is another, but the creepy whispering...three times in one news conference...


17 posted on 06/25/2021 6:52:17 PM PDT by hanamizu
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Mine says 0% chance of developing dementia in the next five years. My wife would disagree. She’s ready to pack me off to Shady Acres if she could, but my name is on the mortgage. Ha!


18 posted on 06/25/2021 6:57:12 PM PDT by Viking2002 (Remember, all the world’s a barstool.)
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“Mine says 0% chance of developing dementia in the next five years. “

I don’t remember what mine said.


19 posted on 06/25/2021 6:58:52 PM PDT by TexasGator (UF)
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bump


20 posted on 06/25/2021 7:03:31 PM PDT by Az Joe (FREE CHAUVIN!)
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