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newsGP – Three new factors added to dementia risk timeline – RACGP

Excessive alcohol consumption, traumatic brain injury and air pollution have been added to existing risk factors.

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Excessive alcohol consumption, traumatic brain injury and air pollution have been added to existing risk factors.
Excessive alcohol consumption in mid-life has been shown to increase a persons dementia risk.
Almost half (40%) of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting 12 lifestyle risk factors, according to latestdata collated by Australian and international experts.Published in The Lancet, the new research builds on existing 2017 Lancet Commission studies that identify…

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