This is the 92nd instalment in a series on dementia, including the research into its causes and treatment, advice for carers, and stories of hope.
Perhaps it is because the symptoms of dementia generally only manifest late in life that we are inclined to think of the condition as a problem of old age. But exposure to risks that may trigger it starts years, often decades, before the first memory lapse.
The idea that we should start taking steps to prevent dementia in midlife – when we reach our forties – is beginning to take hold, changing the way we think about brain health.
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