1 in 3 dementia cases are potentially preventable, report says - Health CBCOne in three cases of dementia could be prevented by tackling risk factors such as education and depression, a large new international review estimates.
A team of 24 experts in dementia conducted the review on prevention and care.
In Thursday's issue of The Lancet and at this year's Alzheimer's Association International Conference in London, researchers model how nine health and lifestyle factors contribute to about 35 per cent of dementia.
For instance, they said that if everyone reaped the brain stimulation and interaction of staying in school until over the age of 15, the total number of dementia cases could be reduced.
Interesting. The article lists a bunch of contributing factors. I know that there is also an increasing list of pharmaceuticals shown to cause dementia, as well. But this article is specific to age-specific dementia (so, lack of factors like alcohol-induced dementia, drug-related dementia, so forth).