{"id":240458,"date":"2026-07-07T23:25:31","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/early-warning-sign-of-alzheimers"},"modified":"2026-07-07T23:25:31","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T04:25:31","slug":"early-warning-sign-of-alzheimers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2026\/07\/early-warning-sign-of-alzheimers","title":{"rendered":"Early warning sign of Alzheimer\u2019s!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/early-warning-sign-of-alzheimers2.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>When most people think about Alzheimer\u2019s disease, memory loss is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Forgetting a loved one\u2019s name, missing appointments or repeatedly misplacing everyday items are often considered <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/alzheimers-dementia\/signs-symptoms\/alzheimers.html\">early warning signs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>But what if the disease begins affecting the brain long before memory problems become noticeable? New research suggests that another change in brain function may appear even earlier: difficulty adapting when circumstances change.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41467-026-74817-z\">recent study<\/a>, researchers found that animal models with Alzheimer\u2019s-related brain changes developed problems with cognitive flexibility months before they showed signs of memory impairment. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/topics\/neuroscience\/cognitive-flexibility\">Cognitive flexibility<\/a> refers to the brain\u2019s ability to adjust behavior, learn new rules and adapt when situations change.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When most people think about Alzheimer\u2019s disease, memory loss is usually the first thing that comes to mind. Forgetting a loved one\u2019s name, missing appointments or repeatedly misplacing everyday items are often considered early warning signs. But what if the disease begins affecting the brain long before memory problems become noticeable? New research suggests that [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":662,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-240458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-biotech-medical","category-neuroscience"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/662"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=240458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/240458\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=240458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=240458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=240458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}