Differences in life experiences affect dementia risk

Paid employment could lead to slower later-life memory decline in women, according to a new study looking at how differences in life experiences affect dementia risk. In the study, presented at the Alzheimer’s Association Internal Conference 2019, a team of researchers from the University of California looked at data from 6,386 women born between 1935 and 1956 in the US who took part in the Health and Retirement Study. The women were asked about their employment, marital and parenthood status each year between the ages of 16 and 50. They also completed memory and thinking tests every two years from the