Dementia on the downslide, especially among people with more education, study finds
Monday, November 21, 2016 - 15:21
in Health & Medicine
In a hopeful sign for the health of the nation’s brains, the percentage of American seniors with dementia is dropping, a new study finds. The downward trend has emerged despite something else the study shows: a rising tide of three factors that are thought to raise dementia risk by interfering with brain blood flow, namely diabetes, high blood pressure and obesity.