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Treatable health factors may reduce dementia risk
Publisher |
ABC Podcasts
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Daily News
News
Publication Date |
Jul 31, 2024
Episode Duration |
00:05:32

Nearly half of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by tackling 14 risk factors starting in childhood. 

International researchers have announced two more treatable risk factors, high (bad) cholesterol and vision loss and that means it is theoretically possible to prevent or delay nearly half of dementia cases.

  • Guest: Professor David Ames, report co-author and psychiatrist specialising in old-age from The University of Melbourne.
  • Producer: David Cook  

Full report: Dementia prevention, intervention, and care: 2024 report of the Lancet standing Commission

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