The latest Lancet Commission on dementia prevention adds vision loss and high cholesterol to the list of 12 previously identified modifiable risk factors for dementia, which also include lower education levels, smoking, traumatic brain injury, and hearing loss. The Commission outlines 13 recommendations for governments and individual people to reduce the risk, and says governments must reduce risk inequalities by making healthy lifestyles as achievable as possible for everyone.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/08/01/nearly-half-of-dementia-cases-could-be-delayed-through-lifestyle-changes-expert-reaction/