Newly identified modifiable risk factors add to what we already know about preventing or delaying dementia.
Professor of Medicine and the Michael and Lee Bell Professor of Women's Health, Harvard Medical School; Chief, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts ; Past President, North American Menopause Society, 2011-2012
This is paradigm-shifting because dementia is often perceived as an inevitable consequence of the aging process, with a major genetic component. But this study suggests that modifying these risk factors can benefit everyone, irrespective of genetic risk, and that it's important to have a life-course approach. It's never too early or too late to start to modify these factors.
Let's go through the risk factors, many of which are behavioral. These risk factors include lifestyle factors such as lack of physical activity, cigarette smoking, excessive alcohol consumption, and, and diabetes.
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