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  "id": 7782862,
  "title": "New dementia warning sign is hiding in our muscles",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/16/new-dementia-warning-sign-is-hiding-in-our-muscles",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-16T12:00:01.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Medical Xpress",
    "slug": "medical-xpress",
    "url": "https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-dementia-muscles.html"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Losing muscle as we age could be an important warning sign for dementia, according to new Curtin University research. Researchers analyzed more than 80 studies examining the links between body weight, body fat, muscle health and dementia, finding people with sarcopenia—the loss of muscle mass and strength—had a 42% higher risk of dementia. Sarcopenia is a condition in which people lose muscle…",
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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."
}