Diabetes and alcohol ‘among most harmful controllable dementia risk factors’

Diabetes and alcohol ‘among most harmful controllable dementia risk factors’

Some 161 risk factors for dementia were examined in the new study. Picture: iStock

Diabetes, traffic-related air pollution and alcohol intake are among the most harmful controllable risk factors for dementia, a study suggests.

The researchers had previously identified a weak spot in the brain which is a specific area that develops later during adolescence, and also shows earlier degeneration in old age.

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