There are many risk factors associated with dementia; Singly they might not look very impressive, but each adds an element of jeopardy and they can act together to accumulate risk. Similarly, protective agents might chip away at segments of these risk factors and a multifactorial approach to prevention -basically a healthy lifestyle avoiding the bad and favouring the good - could have a large effect.
Alzheimer's disease genes, risk factors and pathways
Vitamin A deficiency, herpes simplex reactivation and other causes of Alzheimer's disease (other infections, cholesterol, homocysteine, saturated fat and diet, diabetes, low cerebral blood flow, etc.)
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