Scientists Identify the Three Main Risk Factors for Brain Aging
NewsweekMAR 2024
Dementia is a tragic condition that is becoming more prevalent as life expectancy rises. Fortunately, nearly half of all cases could be prevented with lifestyle interventions, such as promoting physical fitness and fighting loneliness. It is time to think of this condition as an environmental disease, not a predestined one, and endorse structural change to save lives from the grips of this disease.
While this is promising news for prevention, it does little to stem the rise in new cases and the conditions patients face. The conditions in care homes are often appalling, as the infirm are shuffled into homes where they run an increased risk of an untimely death. There needs to be investment and regulation to ensure that those who are already suffering from the disease are taken care of.
There is a 50% chance that a vaccine for any major neurodegenerative disease will receive regulatory approval by 2034, according to the Metaculus prediction community.