PremiumPolly DunbarDaily Telegraph UK·8 May, 2026 12:00 AM7 mins to readOne study published in The Lancet analysed speech patterns and predicted who would develop Alzheimer’s more accurately than a battery of cognitive tests. Photo / 123rfA major new review of studies suggests the way we speak may reveal early cognitive decline years before memory problems appear.

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