Chronic pain linked to increased risk of dementia in study of older adults

(University of California - San Francisco) Researchers at UC San Francisco have found that older people with persistent pain show quicker declines in memory as they age and are more likely to have dementia years later, an indication that chronic pain could somehow be related to changes in the brain that contribute to dementia.

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