Stress: A Precursor to Alzheimer's

NEW YORK CITY. (Ivanhoe Newswire) -- About 470,000 Americans are diagnosed with Alzheimer's every year. Many of them first experience a mild problem with memory loss called a 'pre-dementia' condition, and researchers say stress is a major contributing factor to pre-dementia. In a recent study of over 2,000 seniors, those who constantly were stressed out by the small every day hassles were twice as likely to be at risk for mild brain impairment or, pre-Alzheimer's disease. Now, researchers are wo...