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Every Healthy Aging Secrets article tagged diagnosis — 4 pieces across 2 sections.
Brain & Memory
Losing your keys is not a symptom. Losing the ability to work out what keys are for is a different matter. The clinical distinction rests on function, not on how often you forget.
Brain & Memory
It presents as physical complaints, cognitive slowing and loss of interest rather than low mood, which is why it is under-diagnosed, under-treated and frequently mistaken for dementia or simply for ageing.
Heart & Metabolic
Breathlessness on the stairs, swollen ankles and needing an extra pillow are the three commonest presentations, and all three are routinely attributed to age. Half of cases involve a heart that pumps normally.
Brain & Memory
Loss of smell, acting out dreams and stubborn constipation can precede the movement symptoms by a decade. That prodrome is now one of the most active areas in neurology.
