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ADHD adults face over four times the dementia risk, study finds

Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh tracked 187,000 people and linked adult ADHD to higher odds of mild cognitive impairment; the study leaves the why unanswered.

On air: Hank Ledger on The Five O'Clock
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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorA University of Pittsburgh study of one hundred eighty-seven thousand people found adults with ADHD had more than four times the risk of dementia or mild cognitive impairment.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLola Cruz is outside the campus now.

  3. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI'm standing outside the Pittsburgh campus, Hank, and the researchers behind me have been walking in and out of this building for an hour without finishing one conversation.

  4. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentThe numbers are clear: more than four times the risk, among one hundred eighty-seven thousand people.

  5. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentI've covered war zones with clearer answers about timing, and I still don't know what this study can't tell us.

  6. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThe study doesn't say why the risk is higher?

  7. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentIt's unclear, and the one man I chased down the sidewalk to ask was gone before I finished the question.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGone where?

  9. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentA sandwich cart, Hank.

  10. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentTwenty years of chasing people for comment, and the first one to outrun me is a man holding a turkey wrap.

  11. Lola Cruz · Senior Field CorrespondentWhen I caught him, he thanked me and asked what we were talking about.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorThat's the study, then. Chip Darnell has news from across America, and I hope it holds his attention.

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