Forgot the keys again?

HAVE you forgotten where you put your cellphone or did you have difficulty trying to recall the name of the person who just greeted you? As the population here gets increasingly older, medical advances that prolong longevity and preserve one's power of memory become ever more significant.

Dementia is more common among older people, but while many believe it is an inevitable consequence of ageing, medical science has taught us that it is not always so. Do not worry when you have transient lapses in memory. However, understanding more about the mechanisms of memory loss can enable one to take proactive measures to prevent a deterioration in one's power of memory. Having a checklist of the preventable causes of memory impairment will make taking such appropriate preventive measures easier.

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