New evidence of lifestyle link to Alzheimer’s

Middle-age people with prediabetes, high blood pressure and other factors that might increase their risk of Alzheimer’s should just say no to that chocolate milkshake and go for a walk instead, according to research out Wednesday.

People who had high blood pressure and prediabetes tended to score poorly on the tests, the study found. These relatively young people already displayed subtle difficulties with memory , problems that as of now probably don’t affect their performance at work or at home. “The fear is that if this goes on, it might ultimately lead to dementia later in life,” says Benjamin Seltzer, the neurologist on the Tulane study.

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