Would you like to be told if you have early stage dementia?
by hazel from LinuxQuestions.org on (#5T8EV)
I heard yesterday that someone has created an AI algorithm which can tell people reliably whether their "senior moments" signal an early stage of dementia. I can't imagine anything more horrible!
With something like cancer, it usually pays to get an early diagnosis because cancer is often curable in its early stages. Dementia is progressive and incurable, and it eventually deprives you of all dignity. There are no effective treatments.
In my opinion there is only one time to get a dementia diagnosis and that is when you are already too senile to know or care what it means.
How do other people feel about this? Would you want to submit to such a test?
With something like cancer, it usually pays to get an early diagnosis because cancer is often curable in its early stages. Dementia is progressive and incurable, and it eventually deprives you of all dignity. There are no effective treatments.
In my opinion there is only one time to get a dementia diagnosis and that is when you are already too senile to know or care what it means.
How do other people feel about this? Would you want to submit to such a test?