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A woman suffering from dementia walks in her room at a retirement home in Angervilliers, eastern France, on March 18, 2011. (SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP/Getty Images)
Although the many mechanisms that lead to dementia are not yet fully understood, scientists have an increasingly clear picture of the factors that can increase the risk.
The World Health Organization lists 14 potentially modifiable risk factors, which in total are associated, at the population level, with approximately 45% of dementia cases. #DEMENTIA #GUIDELINES #WORLD_HEALTH_ORGANIZATION #LIFESTYLE