Diabetes, heart disease, smoking increase risk of death for older adults with dementia
Wednesday, January 27, 2016 - 15:01
in Health & Medicine
Older adults with dementia and diabetes have a significantly higher risk for death than do people with just dementia, research shows. People with dementia who smoked tobacco were also at a much higher risk for death, and those with dementia who had coronary heart disease had a somewhat higher risk for death.