Brain

Prevention
Written By Maladywise

Neurodegenerative Disease

Numbers

  • Brain diseases account for 6% of all deaths

Types

  • Alzheimer’s Disease

  • Parkinson’s Disease

  • Vascular Dementia

  • Lewy Body Dementia

Risk factors

35% of dementia attributable to 9 modifiable risk factors

  • Low educational attainment

  • Midlife hypertension

  • Midlife obesity

  • Hearing loss

  • Late-life depression

  • Diabetes

  • Physical inactivity

  • Smoking

  • Social isolation

Prevention

  • Physical exercise

  • Treat CVD risk factors

    • High blood pressure

Unproven benefit

  • Omega-3 - may be protective

  • Mediterranean diet - may be protective

  • Alcohol - some evidence light alcohol use may be protective

  • Low Vitamin D - might be harmful

  • Statins - possible protection

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