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Women’s superior ability to remember words masks symptoms of early Alzheimer’s and prevents them receiving timely diagnoses, new research suggests.
A study found that females in the first stage of the progressive disease, known as mild cognitive impairment, had better verbal memory than men at an equivalent stage.
Because word memory tests are one of the principal methods for diagnosing Alzheimer’s, the findings indicate that for many women their condition will go undetected.
