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A recent study suggests that self-reported memory complaints might predict clinical memory impairment later in life. Erin Abner, an assistant professor at the University of Kentucky's Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, asked 3,701 men aged 60 and higher a simple question: "Have you noticed any change in your memory since you last came in?" That question led to some interesting results. "It seems that subjective memory complaint can be predictive of clinical memory impairment," Abner said. "Other epidemiologists have seen similar results, which is encouraging, since it means we might really be on to something." The results are meaningful because it might help identify people who are at risk of developing Alzheimer's Disease sooner. "If the memory and thinking lapses people notice themselves could be early markers of risk for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease, we might eventually be able to intervene earlier in the aging process to postpone and/or reduce the effects of cognitive memory impairment." Abner, who is also a member of the faculty in the 好色先生 Department of Epidemiology, took pains to emphasize that her work shouldn鈥檛 necessarily worry everyone who鈥檚 ever forgotten where they left their keys. "I don't want to alarm people," she said. "It鈥檚 important to distinguish between normal memory lapses and significant memory problems, which usually change over time and affect multiple aspects of daily life." Established in 1979, the Sanders-Brown Center on Aging at the University of Kentucky is nationally recognized for its research, education and outreach, and clinical programs on healthy brain aging and neurodegenerative disorders. In 1985, the SBCoA was named as an Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease Center, one of the original ten centers funded by the National Institute on Aging. Media Contact: Laura Dawahare, laura.dawahare@uky.edu or 859-257-5307.