{"id":140131,"date":"2025-09-30T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T12:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=140131"},"modified":"2025-09-30T18:39:43","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T22:39:43","slug":"nyt-17-ways-to-cut-your-risk-of-stroke-dementia-and-depression-all-at-once","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=140131","title":{"rendered":"(NYT) 17 Ways to Cut Your Risk of Stroke, Dementia and Depression All at Once"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

New research has identified 17 overlapping factors<\/a> that affect your risk of stroke, dementia and late-life depression, suggesting that a number of lifestyle changes could simultaneously lower the risk of all three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Though they may appear unrelated, people who have dementia or depression or who experience a stroke also often end up having one or both of the other conditions<\/a>, said Dr. Sanjula Singh, a principal investigator at the Brain Care Labs at Massachusetts General Hospital and the lead author of the study. That\u2019s because they may share underlying damage to small blood vessels in the brain, experts said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of the risk factors common to the three brain diseases<\/a>, including high blood pressure and diabetes<\/a>, appear to cause this kind of damage. Research suggests that at least 60 percent of strokes<\/a>, 40 percent of dementia cases<\/a> and 35 percent of late-life depression<\/a> cases could be prevented or slowed by controlling risk factors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThose are striking numbers,\u201d said Dr. Stephanie Collier, director of education in the division of geriatric psychiatry at McLean Hospital in Massachusetts. \u201cIf you can really optimize the lifestyle pieces or the modifiable pieces, then you\u2019re at such a higher likelihood of living life without disability.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>

🧠 60% of stroke, 40% of dementia, and 35% of late-life depression cases are potentially preventable.

These are the most powerful protective and harmful lifestyle factors according to a new analysis. pic.twitter.com\/wtjtHPYJUX<\/a><\/p>— Brandon Luu, MD (@BrandonLuuMD) April 29, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>