Risk factors for dementia include smoking, air pollution, and chronic inflammatory or infectious conditions like periodontal disease. — Whalespan
Risk factors for dementia include smoking, air pollution, and chronic inflammatory or infectious conditions like periodontal disease.
⚠ High risk
The headline is broadly defensible, but the qualifications matter. Effect sizes vary by population, the strongest claims rest on shorter trials, and credible voices push back on how it's typically framed.
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High-risk intervention — consult a physician before acting.Drug-drug interactions, dose-dependence, and screening contraindications apply.
“if we think about uh dementia we know that there's some risk associated with things like smoking um uh potentially uh air pollution uh chronic inflammatory or infectious conditions like uh peronsal disease seem to be associated with it”