Scientists find subtle change happens to people's speech before they get dementia - and it's not good for Biden READ MORE: Parkinson's experts reveal how bad Joe Biden's health could get By Emily Joshu Health Reporter For Dailymail.Com Published: 13:11 EDT, 12 July 2024 | Updated: 13:11 EDT, 12 July 2024 e-mail View comments Slowed speech, pauses, and using the same handful of words. If you've witnessed these habits in an elderly loved one, it could be an early warning sign of dementia.
New research is beginning to untangle what the natural signs of aging look like and which could be due to serious brain conditions when it comes to how people talk. For example, forgetting the name of a person, place or having difficulty finding words is natural and linked to memory retrieval, which gets worse as we get older. However, this combined with slowed or slurring speech, blank pauses, and limited vocabulary may represent broader decline, signaling conditions like dementia and Parkinson's.
Lawmakers and citizens have called on President Joe Biden to drop out of the presidential race over concerns about his cognitive health That was the finding of a University of Toronto study in February, which looked at over 100 adults ages 18 to 90. Those who were unable to quickly verbalize what they were looking at in pictures were more likely to say the wrong word. The findings may be considered timely, as lawmakers and voters repeatedly call for President Joe Biden to step down over concerns abo.