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  "id": 223175,
  "title": "Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/nearly-half-of-dementia-cases-may-be-linked-to-risks-you-can-change-223175",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-08-06T10:23:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ScienceDaily",
    "slug": "sciencedaily",
    "url": "https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/08/260803080923.htm"
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  "summary": "A long-term brain study found that common risks such as smoking, high blood pressure, heart disease, and high blood lipids were strongly linked to damage associated with vascular dementia. The findings suggest that healthier lifestyle choices could help delay dementia by reducing several harmful brain changes at once.",
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        "title": "Nearly half of dementia cases may be linked to risks you can change",
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        "published": "2026-08-06T10:23:46.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}