What about Depression?

Contributed by: Dennis Fortier, President, Medical Care Corporation
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While I don't see daily headlines about depression and its relationship to dementia, I do get questions about it from one direction or another with great regularity.

A nice summary of important information was posted by Dr. Charles Raison on the CNN Health website today.

Of specific importance, I think the closing point about symptoms associated with abnormal thyroid function should be noted. Thyroid disorders are fairly common, can produce a host of worrisome symptoms including memory loss, and are generally treated with success.