From diet and exercise to protecting against hearing loss and maintaining social connections, there are ways to improve our health and reduce dementia risk. Click for a great, quick overview of 15 science-based ways to reduce risk, and read here how yoga may prevent mental decline..
Women are at higher risk for dementia; twice as many women as men will develop Alzheimer’s disease, the most common type of dementia. We don’t yet know if genetic or environmental factors influence women’s rates of dementia—but for both women and men, prevention where we can makes a huge amount of sense.