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Keeping a social network, staying curious and having a sense of purpose protect against dementia about as much as blood pressure and exercise do.

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dementia Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and cognitive decline: what raises the risk, what is preventable, and what ageing well protects.

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  1. Masud Husain

    Professor of Neurology at the University of Oxford

    Those include that having that sense of purpose, making sure that you have a network of people, that you're socially connected as your age, and also remaining curious, open to new ideas. Those factors turn out to be almost as important as some of the physical things we do.

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