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Memory loss is common in many adults
Here is a common scenario as many of us age: You get up from watching television in the living room and go into the kitchen, but you forget why you went in there! I’ve heard this from many different people. Memory is a funny thing. I wonder how I can remember things from grade school
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Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%
BY ERIC B. LARSON AND LAUREN GITLIN THE CONVERSATION Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new study that we and our colleagues published in the journal The Lancet. Centers for
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Study identifies six factors linked with lower risk of dementia
Expert says ‘It may never be too late to improve your brain health’ A new study of more than 29,000 older adults in China has identified six habits “that are linked with a lower risk of dementia and a slower rate of memory decline,” Annabelle Timsit of The Washington Post reports. “Eating a balanced diet,
