Um…I can’t remember.
No, but seriously, there was a recent study that linked blood type to memory loss. The rarest blood type, AB, is only possessed by 4 percent of the U.S. population, and just this week a story was published in the journal Neurology with an experiment done on more then 1,000 people, ( a obviously very large test group) and found that people with AB blood type are 82 percent more likely to experience cognitive decline and dementia later in life. There, of course, can be other things that these people share, that can be leading to the memory loss, like a certain gene, protein, or hormone that comes along with their blood type, but this isn’t the first time that blood type has been linked to diseases or higher risks for certain sicknesses. A study was done in Pakistan that received results that people with type A blood were more likely to develop heart problems. Even with this, many other studies have shown that stroke and diabetes can lead to dementia decline, so perhaps it has more to do with diabetes leading to memory loss and people with type AB more likely to develop diabetes.
Despite all the information gleaned from the study, researchers are still very much in the dark as to why these connections are, or what the implications are. At this point the study is almost useless until we can put more effort into the study and it’s uses it’s simply an interesting fact that, with more research could lead to a new breakthrough concerning serious dementia.
https://www.yahoo.com/health/type-ab-blood-you-may-be-more-prone-to-memory-loss-97230693847.html
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/09/140910185913.htm
I really liked this topic. Is truth that even though we are all made almost the same, there are different types of blood. Just what you said that some types of blood are linked with diseases, there is also a type of blood that is an universal donor; blood group O is known as the ” universal donor” because it has no antigens on its red blood cells and can therefore be safely given to any blood group. And also blood group AB is known as the ” universal recipient” because ot has no antibodies in its plasma and so can safely receive blood from any other blood group. Interesting facts.
http://www.answers.com/Q/What_is_universal_donor_and_universal_recipients
It’s a great topic to look into, I’ve always found the idea that there are different types of blood so strange, because we’re all similar in make up, but the actual differences in blood may support the theory that certain humans evolved from different species. But then you would have the same blood type as your parents, which most people don’t.
Wow. I would never expect that blood types would be that important in determining your mental health and physical illnesses. I would never think blood type would matter. But, after readying this post, I decided to research it more, and apparently, people with different blood types are susceptible to different diseases and should eat different foods and exercise differently.