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Someone around the world develops dementia approximately every 3 seconds, shortening their life expectancy and stealing quality of life from both them and their loved ones.
Recent research adds vision loss and "bad" cholesterol as risk factors.
But an encouraging new report shows how addressing the total 14 risk factors across a lifespan could potentially prevent about 45% of dementia cases from occurring.
https://theconversation.com/dementia-risk-factors-identified-in-new-global-report-are-all-preventable-addressing-them-could-reduce-dementia-rates-by-45-236290
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Recent research adds vision loss and "bad" cholesterol as risk factors.
But an encouraging new report shows how addressing the total 14 risk factors across a lifespan could potentially prevent about 45% of dementia cases from occurring.
https://theconversation.com/dementia-risk-factors-identified-in-new-global-report-are-all-preventable-addressing-them-could-reduce-dementia-rates-by-45-236290
#health #news