Three Things to Avoid in Middle Age If You Want to Stave Off Dementia
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Avoiding smoking, diabetes, and high blood pressure in middle age is critical to staving off dementia, according to a new study published in Neurology Open Access. Researchers from New York University Langone Health found that not having any of these three risk factors resulted in an extra 13 years without dementia, compared to those who had all three.
Women and white people tended to avoid dementia longer than men and Black people, respectively, when all three risk factors were present. While prevention is the best medicine until a cure is discovered, the study's authors emphasize that vascular risk reduction benefits all populations but may be especially beneficial for certain groups.
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