Study finds if your mom had Alzheimers youre more likely to develop dementia [Video]

By Stephen Beech via SWNS

People whose mothers had Alzheimer’s disease are more likely to develop dementia, suggests new research.

The study shows that whether a person inherits the risk of Alzheimer’s from their mother or father influences the risk of biological changes in the brain that lead to the disease.

Factoring in sex-specific parental history could be important in helping to identify adults at heightened risk of dementia, say scientists.

American researchers analyzed levels of amyloid – a protein linked to Alzheimer’s disease – in 4,400 cognitively unimpaired adults aged 65 to 85.

They found increased amyloid in those who reported that their mothers had symptoms of Alzheimer’s.

Increased amyloid levels were also found in those with a history of the disease on both sides of their family and in those whose fathers had an early onset of symptoms.

Study senior corresponding author Dr. Hyun-Sik Yang, a neurologist at Mass General Brigham, Boston, said: “Our study found …