{"id":86622,"date":"2026-09-21T07:36:03","date_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86622"},"modified":"2026-09-21T07:36:03","modified_gmt":"2026-09-20T23:36:03","slug":"why-dementia-is-preventable-and-the-new-tools-that-can-reduce-your-risk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=86622","title":{"rendered":"Why dementia is preventable \u2013 and the new tools that can reduce your risk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.i-scmp.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/1280x720\/public\/d8\/images\/canvas\/2026\/09\/18\/91cc4346-0cb0-4d0e-a38f-5f33e9e6824d_b9c38246.jpg?itok=SVKrCgH4&amp;v=1789726535\" \/><\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Dementia news is almost relentlessly grim \u2013 a steady drumbeat of rising cases and elusive cures.<\/p>\n<div datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">More bad news came in 2025, when semaglutide, the blockbuster <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">GLP-1 drug<\/span> celebrated for treating <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">diabetes<\/span>, <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">obesity<\/span> and various other conditions, failed to slow <span data-qa=\"Component-Text\" class=\"css-0 ef9u0v00\">Alzheimer\u2019s<\/span> progression. The setback prompted semaglutide\u2019s developer, Novo Nordisk, to pull the plug on its high-profile dementia trial.<\/div>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\">Beyond the headlines, however, a quieter, more encouraging shift is under way. Significant strides in brain health research are helping us tailor treatment, refine diagnosis and manage risk far more effectively.<\/p>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/lifestyle\/health-wellness\/article\/3368006\/why-dementia-preventable-and-new-tools-can-reduce-your-risk?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dementia news is almost relentlessly grim \u2013 a steady drumbeat of rising cases and elusive cures. More bad news came in 2025, when semaglutide, the&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":86623,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[4112,13070,7955,1567,1711],"class_list":["post-86622","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bored-interesting","tag-dementia","tag-preventable","tag-reduce","tag-risk","tag-tools","wpcat-33-id"],"brizy_media":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86622","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=86622"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86622\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/86623"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=86622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=86622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=86622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}