WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Women destined to develop Alzheimer’s disease or another form of dementia may start losing weight at least a decade before being diagnosed with such a condition, U.S. researchers said on Monday.Women who developed dementia began losing weight between 11 and 20 years before their diagnosis, and the weight loss accelerated in the decade before diagnosis, researchers led by Dr. David Knopman of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota found.
