Avoiding These 3 Health Risks in Midlife Linked to 13 More Years Without Dementia
Researchers found that each added vascular risk factor at midlife was linked to about four fewer dementia-free years, with 12,409 adults followed for 26 years.
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Scientists say they have identified three factors that help middle-aged people avoid dementia for more than a decade. The study shows that people aged 45 to 65 with normal blood pressure, no type 2 diabetes and no smoking live an average of 13 years longer without dementia symptoms, reports The Guardian.
Avoiding These 3 Health Risks in Midlife Linked to 13 More Years Without Dementia
Avoiding high blood pressure, diabetes, and smoking in midlife was associated with substantially more years lived without dementia. Three common health factors in middle age may be linked to how many years a person lives without dementia. Adults with normal blood pressure, no diabetes, and no history of smoking lived nearly 13 years longer without [...]
Dementia was long regarded as the fate of old age. New research shows that the risk can be influenced – decades before the first symptoms
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