CLEVELAND — The popular diabetes and weight-loss drug semaglutide may lower the risk of dementia when taken by Type 2 diabetes patients, new research from the Case Western Reserve School of ...

But addressing 14 risk factors over the course of one’s life — starting in childhood — could prevent or delay nearly half of cases, according to a large report by 27 dementia experts.

Hearing and vision loss could also accelerate symptoms in people who are in the earliest stages of dementia. It takes more brain power to make sense of blurry vision or garbled sounds, so fewer ...

Vision loss and high cholesterol add to 12 previously identified modifiable risk factors for dementia, concludes a new report from the 2024 Lancet Commission. The potential to prevent and better ...

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Nearly half of all dementia cases could be delayed or prevented altogether by addressing 14 possible risk factors, including vision loss and high cholesterol. That is the key finding of a new ...

Worldwide, the number of people with dementia is set to dramatically rise in the next 25 years. But a new report shows it doesn’t have to happen.