Over 40s health check to include dementia advice

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People over 40 in England will be given advice on dementia as part of their free NHS health check.

Guidance on how to reduce the risk of dementia will be given to patients at GP surgeries and through community health programmes.

Public Health England (PHE) said up to one-third of dementia cases could be improved through lifestyle choices.

But its says 28% of people have no awareness of risk factors and only 2% know what they can do to reduce them.

The planned roll-out follows a small pilot conducted by PHE, with the help of Alzheimer's Research UK and the Alzheimer's Society, which led to both charities calling for it to become mandatory.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-44502861
 
Christ, 40 is not even that old! What with this, cholesterol and heart disease and all the other things they claim might happen after 40 whatever happened to just enjoying life.
 
Matt Cycle said:
Christ, 40 is not even that old! What with this, cholesterol and heart disease and all the other things they claim might happen after 40 whatever happened to just enjoying life.
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A shame they couldn't tell me Type 1 diabetes was on the cards for me at 49! 🙄 😉
 
Wouldn’t it be cheaper just to tell everyone what the risk factors are?

Being born is one, for sure. So is getting old. Smoking might be, but smokers die younger and haven’t got the time. That’s the only reason it’s getting more common - folk are living longer. In writing back in the age of the Greek philosophers and playwrights old people went daft.

In truth, nobody knows the cause. They know lots of associations, but many folk live long and happy lives notwithstanding those associations. Explain that.😉
 
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