Is your memory beginning to worry you?

Special to Village News

People may have seen a sign or a T-shirt with the slogan, “My ability to remember song lyrics from the 80s far exceeds my ability to remember why I walked into the kitchen.”

It’s a funny quote, but one clearly based on a real issue many people experience as they age.

Why do people seem more forgetful or have more problems with short-term memory as they grow older? In some cases it can be an early indication of a more serious problem – Alzheimer’s disease. This disease affects 5.8 million Americans and is the nation’s sixth leading cause of death.

But for most people, it...