Keeping up your overall health may keep dementia away

http://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2011-07/aaon-kuy070511.php

Public release date: 13-Jul-2011
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Contact: Rachel Seroka
American Academy of Neurology
Keeping up your overall health may keep dementia away

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Improving and maintaining health factors not traditionally associated with dementia, such as denture fit, vision and hearing, may lower a person's risk for developing dementia, according to a new study published in the July 13, 2011, online issue of Neurology®, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.

"Our study suggests that rather than just paying attention to already known risk factors for dementia, such as diabetes or heart disease, keeping up with your general health may help reduce the risk for dementia," said study author Kenneth Rockwood, MD, of Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

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