Dr Tom Smith is one of Sheldon's best and most longstanding authors. A GP based in Scotland, and an award-winning medical writer, he contributes health columns to a number of newspapers, including the Doctor Doctor column in the Guardian.

Over 700,000 people in the UK are currently affected by dementia, with one in 20 people aged over 65 and one in five over 80 years old, and there is a great deal of interest in how it may be prevented or slowed. This book looks at the medical evidence available about ways to reduce the risk of dementia.

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Overcoming common problems series

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Imprint

Dedication

Introduction

1 Know your enemy – the dementias

2 Dementia in the UK – 2010

3 Can we improve our brainpower – and will it help prevent dementia?

4 We are what we eat – or are we?

5 What do you think of it so far? The NHS way to prevent dementia

6 Dementia provokers 1 – smoking

7 Dementia provokers 2 – alcohol

8 Dementia provokers 3 – high blood pressure

9 Dementia provokers 4 – your cholesterol risk

10 Lowering cholesterol

11 Drugs to lower cholesterol

12 And finally – living well

13 Epilogue

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Over 700,000 people in the UK are currently affected by dementia, with one in 20 people aged over 65 and one in five over 80 years old, and there is a great deal of interest in how it may be prevented or slowed. This text looks at the medical evidence available about ways to reduce the risk of dementia.

Reducing Your Risk of Dementia

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