14 hours ago
- General
- Wall Street Journal
Is Your Brain Aging Faster Than You? New Science Offers Clues
Dan Jones liked his job as a quality-control inspector and loved his hobby even more: playing in a local bagpipe band.
Then he started making mistakes in the pieces he played. He found himself having to write tasks down if he wanted to remember them. In 2021, at age 56, he was diagnosed with dementia. The future he had plotted with his wife, Darla, suddenly seemed to evaporate.