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Lancet lists 14 risk factors for dementia
The Lancet Commission’s latest report, released a few days ago, outlines 14 preventable risk factors for dementia. However, as Dr Pawan Ojha, a neurologist at Fortis Hiranandani Hospital ...
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Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
That is the key finding of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal The Lancet. Dementia, a rapidly increasing global challenge, affects an estimated 57 million worldwide ...
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UW experts say risk of developing dementia is predicted to double by 2060
As of 2019, nearly one in two Americans over age 55 are at risk of dementia, according to the Census Bureau’s report.