Things That Raise Your Chances of Dementia

Sources Medically Reviewed on 01/13/2021 Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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SOURCES:
Alzheimer’s Association: “Dementia with Lewy Bodies,” “Genetics,” “Traumatic Brain Injury,” “Alzheimer’s Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: A Growing Connection,” “What Is Dementia?”
Alzheimer’s Society: “Smoking and dementia,” “Genetics of dementia.”
American Heart Association: “FAST: One of The Most Powerful 4-Letter Words,” “What is Cardiovascular Disease?”
Clinical Epidemiology: “Heart disease as a risk factor for dementia.”
Current Opinion in Psychiatry: “Impact of sleep on the risk of cognitive decline and dementia.”
Healthfinder.gov: “Talk with Your Doctor about Depression.”
Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease: “Updating the Evidence on the Association between Serum Cholesterol and Risk of Late-Life Dementia: Review and Meta-Analysis.”
John’s Hopkins Medicine: “Blood Pressure and Alzheimer's Risk: What's the Connection?”
Mayo Clinic: “Lewy body dementia,” “Sleep tips: 6 steps to better sleep,” “Weight loss,” “Depression (major depressive disorder),” “Diabetes and Alzheimer's linked.”
National Stroke Association: “Vascular Dementia,” “What Is Stroke?”
NIH National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: “Calculate Body Mass Index.”
NIH National Institute on Aging: “Quitting Smoking for Older Adults,” “What Causes Alzheimer's Disease?”
NIH Research Matters: “Risk factors for heart disease linked to dementia.”
Office on Women’s Health: “Depression.”
Reviewed by Melinda Ratini, DO, MS on January 13, 2021
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