Forty percent of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 risk factors throughout life, experts say

Monday, August 3, 2020 - 13:00 in Health & Medicine

Modifying 12 risk factors over a lifetime could delay or prevent 40% of dementia cases, according to an updated report by the Lancet Commission on dementia prevention, intervention and care presented at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference (AAIC 2020). Twenty-eight world-leading dementia experts added three new risk factors in the new report — excessive alcohol intake and […]

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