Chronic conditions like high blood pressure and diabetes are key drivers, damaging brain blood vessels and increasing inflammation.
Socioeconomic factors are significant, with lower income and education levels correlating with higher rates of cognitive difficulty.
The trend suggests modern lifestyle stressors, including poor diet and constant digital stimulation, are harming young brains.
Experts emphasize that proactive lifestyle changes targeting metabolism and stress can protect and restore cognitive function.
In a dramatic shift that is alarming neurologists and public health experts, cognitive difficulties like memory loss, poor focus and brain fog are rising at an unprecedented rate among young Americans. A landmark study published in Neurology reveals that self-reported cognitive disability among adults aged 18 to 39 nearly doubled between 2013 and 2023, even as rates for older adults held steady or slightly declined. This reversal of the traditional pattern points to a growing crisis fueled not by aging, but by modern lifestyle factors—including poor metabolic health, chronic stress and socioeconomic disadvantage—that are silently eroding the brain health of a generation in its prime....<<<Read More>>>...