• Dementia prevention is a critical area of research, as experts want to understand what people can do to decrease dementia risk.
• A recent study found that more than 5 years of taking medications like blood pressure and lipid-lowering drugs was associated with a lower incidence of dementia.
• At the same time, researchers found that taking certain antiplatelet medications was associated with an increase in dementia diagnoses.

Written by Jessica Freeborn on November 29, 2024 — Fact checked by Amanda Ward

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