who’s Absentminded?

It’s not just a sitcom stereotype. Men really are more prone than the fairer sex to memory problems as they age, causing missed appointment, misplaced keys, and more. The culprit: mild cognitive impairment (MCI). Men 70 and up are more than 50 percent likelier to suffer from MCI than women of the same age. To prevent such forgetfulness, get your guy- and yourself moving. Middle-aged adults who exercise five to six times a week (brisk walking is OK) are far less likely to develop MCI later in life.Mild cognitive impairment, (MCI), is a condition in which a person has problems with memory, language, recall and other simple activities of daily living which are severe enough to be noticeable to other people. Often times those affected are frustrated by inabilities to perform otherwise simple things that perhaps a child could easily perform.

That is not to say that a person with MCI caused by untreated depression, for example, will never get AD because they may. In fact, some medical conditions that can cause MCI confer a greater risk for AD. Nonetheless, the notion of "converting" from MCI to AD is illogical.he perpetration of the idea that MCI might or might not convert to AD causes some (if not many) primary care physicians to take a "wait and see" approach. In those cases, it prevents them from proactively diagnosing the cause of the MCI and treating it. Giving any credence to the notion that MCI is a sporadically progressive precursor to AD is a barrier to clarity and interferes with a higher standard of care in this field.