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Depression Disorder And Prevention Of Alzheimer's Disease



    Feelings of depression and worthlessness seem to be a major risk factor for alzheimer's disease. In fact, episodes of severe depression precede the onset of alzheimer's disease [9-10]. Women with depression late in life seem especially vulnerable to alzheimer's disease [11]. Depression that occurs even 10 years before the onset of alzheimer's dementia, increases the risk of developing alzheimer's disease more than 2-fold [12]. Depression, combined with a family history of alzheimer's disease, increases the risk of the disease more than 7-fold above normal [13]. Some researchers feel that depression may be the earliest sign of the disease. One researcher found that 72 percent of alzheimer patients showed depression and social withdrawal up to 24 months before they were first diagnosed with the illness [14]. Thus, one way to prevent alzheimer's may be to avoid depression. Learn to "let it go" and also let your anger go. Holding in anger is one cause of depression.