More young U.S. adults report trouble with memory and focus

More U.S. adults than ever report having serious trouble concentrating, remembering or making decisions.

In 2023, more than 7 percent of adults without depression self-reported this type of cognitive disability. That figure is up from just over 5 percent a decade earlier, researchers report September 24 in Neurology. The uptick started in 2016. The rise is primarily driven by younger adults ages 18 to 39, for whom the prevalence of cognitive disability has nearly doubled to…