Male dementia drops
April 21, 2016
CHANCES of getting dementia
for men has fallen dramatically by
40% in the last two decades as they
gradually adopt lifestyle measures
of women, according to a report in
UK’s The Times.
With men smoking less, eating
more healthily and adhering
to beneficial therapies such
as statins for cholesterol, and
antihypertensives, they are givng
themselves longer lives and less
neurological complications.
Meanwhile, women’s risk of
dementia has remained fairly static
over the same period.
Causes of dementia include
middle age hypertension, other
cardiovascular problems including
elevated cholesterol, alcohol abuse,
familial genetic influence and poor
general health, health authorities
said.
Dementia itself manifests in
memory failings and confused
thinking resulting from gradual
damage to the brain, and takes
many forms, the most common of
which is Alzheimer’s Disease.
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