Smoking of middle-aged people with high blood pressure or diabetes, the risk of dementia increases several times, experts warn.

Scientists conducted a study in which they observed 11,000. A person warned that bad habits in middle age lead to negative consequences. As a result, it turned out that if people aged 55 years smoked, they increased the risk of dementia (dementia) by five times. In turn, people with diabetes were at risk three times as much. The study was published in the Journal of Neurology, Neurosurgery and Psychiatry.

Meanwhile, the results of another research work have shown that exercises for the brain can delay the process of the onset of dementia. Playing cards, crosswords and other activities that make the brain work can be used as a preventive measure of dementia, scientists believe.

The results of the latest study show the importance of lifestyle. Changing it in the middle of life, abandoning bad habits, you can reduce the risk of dementia in the future, as well as the risk of cardiovascular disease, experts say..

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