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- Evidence has shown that formal education, like high school and college, may reduce a person’s risk of developing Alzheimer’s. Research published in 2020 by The Lancet Commission that examined dementia interventions found 7% of worldwide dementia cases could be prevented by increasing early-life education.
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Jul 30, 2020 · Research presented at the 2020 Alzheimer’s Association International Conference suggests that higher quality early-life education is linked to better language and memory performance, and lower risk of dementia.
Jul 23, 2010 · Examining the brains of 872 people who had been part of three large ageing studies, and who before their deaths had completed questionnaires about their education, the researchers found that more education makes people better able to cope with changes in the brain associated with dementia.
Early-life (younger than 45 years) risks, such as less education, affect cognitive reserve; midlife (45–65 years), and later-life (older than 65 years) risk factors influence reserve and triggering of neuropathological developments.
- Gill Livingston, Gill Livingston, Jonathan Huntley, Andrew Sommerlad, Andrew Sommerlad, David Ames, ...
- 2020
Acting now on dementia prevention, intervention, and care will vastly improve living and dying for individuals with dementia and their families, and in doing so, will transform the future for society.
How can a relatively small number of years of formal education occurring early in life affect risk for dementia in old age? This review advances the literature by providing a broad systematic review of both dementia prevalence and incidence studies.
Jul 31, 2024 · It is important to be cognitively, physically, and socially active in midlife (ie, aged 18–65 years) and late life (ie, aged >65 years), with novel evidence showing that midlife cognitive activity makes a difference even in people who received little education.
The Government of Canada is focusing its efforts on a national research and prevention plan for dementia which will support improved care. Research: improving our understanding of dementia to provide the latest preventive, diagnostic and treatment approaches to help those living with dementia, their families and caregivers.
