# Dementia risk factors identified in new global report are all preventable – addressing them could reduce dementia rates by 45%

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/dementia-risk-factors-identified-in-new-global-report-are-all-preventable-addressing-them-could-reduce-dementia-rates-by-45/
- Published: 2024-08-15T09:15:22-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Photo credit: Marcus Aurelius via Pexels. Article by Eric B. Larson and Laura Gitlin. The Conversation – August 12, 2024. Study: The Lancet. 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. Dementia, a rapidly increasing […] Click here to view original web page at theconversation.com