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Avoiding three things during middle age is linked to 13 more years without dementia

Having normal blood pressure, no diabetes and not smoking between ages 45 and 65 is associated with nearly 13 additional years of dementia-free life, on average, a new study shows. Led by NYU Langone Health researchers, the work also found that, no matter how many risk factors they had, women lived longer without dementia than men and that white study participants had more dementia-free years…

Avoiding three things during middle age is linked to 13 more years without dementia

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