Future Dementia Cases Predicted to Double, Many Preventable

Published: January 22, 2025

Vitality101 Newsletter

Smiling Mother with Adult Daughter

Hello Reader,

A new study shows that the risk of developing dementia at any time after age 55 among Americans is 42 percent. That's more than double the risk reported by older studies. Compare that with today's rate where about 10% of Americans over 65 have dementia. So this new study predicts a huge increase!

What many don't know, however, is that the causes of dementia are often actually preventable. Autopsies reveal that about half of all cases of dementia that had been diagnosed as caused by Alzheimer’s turn out to be wrong. Instead, they discovered that other health issues had caused their dementia. And often those issues were treatable.

Drinking Green Tea May Help Prevent Dementia

Woman Drinking Green Tea

A new study of almost 9,000 older adults showed a significant association between regular consumption of green tea and fewer cerebral white matter lesions in the brain than is typically found in aging populations. These lesions have been linked to increased stroke risk and dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease, which suggests that drinking green tea could be helpful in preventing dementia.

Featured This Week

Dummy Hypnotises Ventriloquist

Dummy Hypnotises Ventriloquist

Jacob Teitelbaum, MD

is one of the world's leading integrative medical authorities on fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue. He is the lead author of eight research studies on their effective treatments, and has published numerous health & wellness books, including the bestseller on fibromyalgia From Fatigued to Fantastic! and The Fatigue and Fibromyalgia Solution. His newest book (June 10, 2024) is You Can Heal From Long COVID. Dr. Teitelbaum is one of the most frequently quoted fibromyalgia experts in the world and appears often as a guest on news and talk shows nationwide including Good Morning America, The Dr. Oz Show, Oprah & Friends, CNN, and Fox News Health.

e-mail icon
Facebook icon
Twitter icon
Google icon
LinkedIn icon