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Study identifies 14 risk factors for dementia, including 2 new ones. Here's what you can do about them.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/new-risk-factors-for-alzheimers-what-to-do/

A new study highlights new risk factors for dementia, as well as 12 previously known risk factors, and ways to combat them.

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Less education
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Head injury
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Physical inactivity
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Smoking
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Excessive alcohol consumption
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High blood pressure 
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Obesity
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Diabetes
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Hearing loss
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Depression
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Infrequent social contact
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Air pollution
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Well, good luck.

solrize

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That's the 12 old ones. The two new ones per the article are vision loss and high cholesterol. I bet Covid is also one. And I saw a day or two ago that anxiety is also one. So that's 16 arlready.

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