Tag: risk factors
Dementia cases are set to more than double by 2050, and nearly half may be preventable
A global study has just mapped the yearly climb, and separate evidence hints at how much of it we could hold back.
Women with endometriosis face a 46% higher risk of type 2 diabetes, even before menopause
A new analysis of nearly 3 million people found the link held even in premenopausal women without obesity.
These common conditions may predict Alzheimer’s up to 10 years before symptoms
Common problems like high blood pressure and poor sleep may signal risk long before memory slips.
Where you live may matter more for dementia risk than what you eat
Where you live may shape your brain health as much as how you live, a new analysis argues.
Men’s heart disease risk starts climbing in the 30s, long before symptoms appear
A 35-year study of 5,112 adults found men's heart risk pulling ahead of women's by age 35.
Over a third of all cancers are preventable, and WHO just identified the biggest causes
A landmark WHO analysis of 2022 data puts a hard number on how many cancers we could stop.