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This condition – which robs people of their memory, their ability to think and make decisions – affects more than 55 million worldwide. Here’s where you’ll learn what you can do about dementia, from changing your lifestyle to lower your risk of getting it to spotting the warning signs in older people. Discover the latest news on potential drugs to treat, even cure, the disease, and the best ways to manage it.
Proper lifestyle choices have long-term effects on the heart and brain. A large-scale prospective cohort study revealed a striking correlation between the age at which coronary heart disease or CHD manifests and the subsequent risk of developing various forms of dementia.
The data are observational, but they pose a quandary for physicians treating younger patients with coronary disease.
Albert Hofman, a professor of epidemiology at Harvard University, was initially surprised by the results. He had been looking at how the risk of developing dem
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Emerging research is challenging a widely held belief that new cases of the condition will rise exponentially as people live longer. Stuart Lambie remembers...