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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26685| Title: | Educational failure? Think dementia... |
| Authors: | Ellul, Ian C. |
| Keywords: | Editorials Dementia -- Etiology Dementia -- Malta Health attitudes |
| Issue Date: | 2017 |
| Publisher: | Medical Portals Ltd. |
| Citation: | Ellul, I. C. (2017). Educational failure? Think dementia... The Synapse : the Medical Professionals' Network, 16(4), 3. |
| Abstract: | In a recent publication in The Lancet, Livingston et al. identified nine factors which contribute to the risk of dementia. These are: • Mid-life hearing loss - responsible for 9% of the risk • Failing to complete secondary education - 8% • Smoking - 5% • Failing to seek early treatment for depression - 4% • Physical inactivity - 3% • Social isolation - 2% • Hypertension - 2% • Obesity - 1% • Diabetes - 1% |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26685 |
| Appears in Collections: | The Synapse, Volume 16, Issue 4 The Synapse, Volume 16, Issue 4 |
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