12 Modifiable Risk Factors for Dementia — and How Much Each One Matters
Up to 45% of dementia cases may be linked to factors you can actually influence. Here is the life-stage breakdown, and which risk factors carry the biggest relative risk.
Up to 45% of dementia cases may be linked to factors you can actually influence. Here is the life-stage breakdown, and which risk factors carry the biggest relative risk.
Air pollution has been linked to roughly 20% of Alzheimer’s cases worldwide, and lead exposure to a near threefold increase in risk. Here is what the research on environmental dementia risk factors shows.
Four conditions, four regional comparisons: how Singapore's rates of chronic kidney disease, diabetes, dementia and indigestion actually stack up against its neighbours — with the real numbers behind each.
Caring for someone with memory loss is a daily practice, not a single conversation. A few practical shifts in how you communicate and structure daily life can make a real difference.
Misplacing your keys is not the same as losing your way home. Here is how clinicians actually distinguish ordinary forgetfulness from the early warning signs of dementia.
Hearing loss is now recognised as one of the largest single modifiable dementia risk factors. A 12-year study shows exactly how the cognitive gap widens over time.