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2. Study identifies 11 strong predictors for dementia that may ...

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   This analysis identified lifestyle factors such as lack of exercise, obesity and not engaging in hobbies at age 60 as key predictors of dementia risk, from a review of 181 potential risk factors.

3. The Most Surprising Things That Affect Your Dementia Risk - AOL

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   What are dementia risk factors? A few things can raise your risk of developing dementia. According to the Mayo Clinic, those can include: Getting older. Having a family history of dementia.

4. Will you develop dementia? These 11 factors are strong ... - AOL

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   In addition to the risk factors discussed above, others include: Being overweight or obese. Smoking. Drinking too much alcohol. Being physically inactive. Being socially isolated. Symptoms of dementia

5. Dementia - Wikipedia

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   The neglect of these risk factors diminishes this reserve. [140] Sensory impairments of vision and hearing are modifiable risk factors for dementia. [141] These impairments may precede the cognitive symptoms of Alzheimer's disease for example, by many years. [142] Hearing loss may lead to social isolation which negatively affects cognition. [143]

6. Experts list 2 new modifiable risk factors for dementia ... - AOL

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   Health policies must tackle dementia risk factors. The current report notes that given a rapidly aging global population, the number of people with dementia is expected to almost triple by 2050 ...

7. Prevention of dementia - Wikipedia

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   The prevention of dementia involves reducing the number of risk factors for the development of dementia, and is a global health priority needing a global response. [1] [2] Initiatives include the establishment of the International Research Network on Dementia Prevention (IRNDP) [3] which aims to link researchers in this field globally, and the establishment of the Global Dementia Observatory ...

8. Vascular dementia - Wikipedia

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   Risk factors and clinical characteristics for vascular dementia [11] Vascular dementia can be caused by ischemic or hemorrhagic infarcts affecting multiple brain areas, including the anterior cerebral artery territory, the parietal lobes, or the cingulate gyrus. [5] On rare occasion, infarcts in the hippocampus or thalamus are the cause of ...

9. Nearly half of dementia cases could be avoided or delayed by ...

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   The initial 12 risk factors were linked with 40% of cases, but the new report suggests addressing the 14 risk factors could help eliminate or delay 45% of dementia cases, said Livingston, a ...