What Women Should Know About Their Increased Risk for Dementia

If you are a woman with cardiovascular disease, you may be at risk for vascular dementia as well as Alzheimer's disease. Here's what you need to know to lower those risks

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© Alican Lazutti | Getty Images Dementia affects more than the individual: It devastates families. “The implications of getting dementia are so high that the emphasis must be on prevention, not treatment,” says Dr. Just.

Dementia weighs heavily on the minds of many women, even those with seemingly unrelated medical problems, like heart disease. “One of the most-asked questions is about dementia,” says Cleveland Clinic preventive cardiologist Leslie Cho, MD.

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