Almost half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed, study finds

Writing in the report, the experts said: “The potential for prevention is high and, overall, nearly half of dementias could theoretically be prevented by eliminating these 14 risk factors. These findings provide hope.”

Livingston said there was also new evidence that showed reducing the risks of dementia not only increased years of healthy life but also reduced the time people who developed dementia spent in ill health.

“Healthy lifestyles that involve regular exercise, not smoking, cognitive activity in midlife – including outside formal education – and avoiding excess alcohol cannot only lower dementia risk but may also push back dementia onset,” she said.
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