Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors Linked to Slower Memory Decline

Gupta, Seema MD, MSPH

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Health, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University, Huntington, WV

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Internal Medicine Alert 45(6):p 41-42, March 30, 2023.

SYNOPSIS: In a population-based, prospective cohort study of 29,000 Chinese adults, researchers found healthy lifestyle was associated with slower memory decline, even in the presence of the apolipoprotein E4 allele.

SOURCE: Jia J, Zhao T, Liu Z, et al. Association between healthy lifestyle and memory decline in older adults: 10-year, population based, prospective cohort study. BMJ 2023;380:e072691.