Experts' incredible top tips for warding off dementia

Survey after survey shows dementia is the disease we fear more than any other, even – but there are simple steps we can take to protect ourselves, say experts.

This has been confirmed in a major study published today by , which found that drinking less , reducing your risk of type 2 and avoiding traffic pollution are the most important factors in cutting your risk of dementia.

Dementia is characterised by a build-up in the brain of a protein called amyloid, and while there are new drugs such as lecanemab that can reduce this, it’s not clear what effect these will have on patients’ symptoms and there are potential side-effects, including brain swelling.

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