Dementia Symptoms Peak in Winter and Spring, Study Finds (IMAGE)

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Dementia Symptoms Peak in Winter and Spring, Study Finds

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Adults both with and without Alzheimer's disease have better cognition skills in the late summer and early fall than in the winter and spring, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Andrew Lim of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and the University of Toronto, Canada, and colleagues.

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Staff Sgt. Jason McCasland, U.S. Air Force

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