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Stephen Beech

Early Onset Heart Disease Linked To Higher Dementia Risk, Study Finds

People who develop heart disease before the age of 45 are at a much greater risk of dementia in later life, warns a new study. PHOTO BY TIMA MIROSHNICHENKO/PEXELS 

People who develop heart disease before the age of 45 are at a much greater risk of dementia in later life, warns a new study.

Researchers who analyzed data from more than 430,000 British people found that participants who had coronary heart disease younger than 45 had a 36 percent increased risk of developing dementia.

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