Do People with Parkinson’s Always Develop Dementia?

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For people with Parkinson’s disease, dementia develops less frequently and takes longer to develop than was previously believed, according to a new study analyzing two investigations of dementia and Parkinson’s. Image for illustration purposes
For people with Parkinson’s disease, dementia develops less frequently and takes longer to develop than was previously believed, according to a new study analyzing two investigations of dementia and Parkinson’s. Image for illustration purposes

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  • Dementia for people with Parkinson’s disease may occur less often, and when it does occur, may develop later, a new study suggests.
  • Two new investigations have found that early understanding of dementia’s inevitability for Parkinson’s patients has been significantly overstated.
  • One of the new investigations found that less than 10% of people with the disease had developed dementia 10 years after diagnosis.

For people with Parkinson’s disease, dementia develops less frequently and takes longer to develop than was previously believed, according to a new study analyzing two investigations of dementia and Parkinson’s.

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