Researchers tell us that finally dementia risk can be tested … according to Maria Cheng, AP medical Writer in a Democrat and Chronicle Article today.
Interestingly... three common causes of cardiovascular disease… are also predictors of dementia. These include obesity, high blood pressure and high cholesterol, according to the study published Thursday in the journal Lancet Neurology.
If you suffer any of these risk factors you double your chance of developing dementia, and if you have all three… you increase your chances of dementia by six times, said Dr. Miia Kivipelto, an associate professor at the Aging Research Centre in Stockholm, Sweden, and the study's lead author. Check out the details and check back here at Brain Based Business for updates on this life-changing discovery.
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