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People who avoid 3 key things live nearly 13 years longer without dementia: study

Nypost · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 583 words · By Allie Yang
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Three simple characteristics in middle age likely play a major role in cognitive health as you get older, a new study suggests.

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Claim 1: “On average, women who had all three risk factors lived 18.1 years on average from the start of the study without developing dementia. In comparison, men developed dementia sooner – at 16.6 years.”
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The provided evidence for this claim is completely irrelevant, returning results for the game 'Among Us' instead of medical data regarding dementia-free years by gender.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Among Us is a 2018 online multiplayer social deduction game developed and published by the American game studio Innersloth. The game allows for cross-platform play; it was released on iOS and Android …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is a list of television shows that television critics or magazines have considered among the best of all time. The television shows are included on at least four separate best-of lists from diffe…
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web search NEUTRAL — May 20, 2026 · Celebrate 8 years of Among Us on June 15th with a present from us to you. And don't forget to check out all the news on our brand new game, Among Us Story: On Guard!
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Claim 2: “Smoking, diabetes and hypertension are also three of the biggest risk factors affecting the blood vessels.”
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Multiple medical sources identify smoking, diabetes, and hypertension as major modifiable risk factors for blood vessel damage and atherosclerosis.
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web search NEUTRAL — However, the major risk factors — smoking, diabetes, hypertension, and high cholesterol — are modifiable regardless of genetic background. Does diet affect the risk of blocked leg arteries? Yes.
https://drrahulagarwal.in/what-causes-blocked-leg-arteries-p…
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web search NEUTRAL — Hypertension. Damaged blood vessels, affecting erectile function. Keeping blood vessels healthy is vital for sex. Changes in lifestyle can help.High blood pressure, high cholesterol, and diabetes can …
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web search NEUTRAL — Blood pressure higher than 180/120 mm Hg is considered a hypertensive emergency or crisis. Seek emergency medical help for anyone with these blood pressure numbers. Untreated, high blood pressure incr…
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Claim 3: “It found that people who check these three boxes lived about 30 years without dementia — compared to 17 years for people who didn’t.”
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Multiple independent web sources confirm that avoiding smoking, high blood pressure, and diabetes in middle age is linked to approximately 13 additional dementia-free years, specifically citing 30 years for those without risk factors versus 17 years for those with all three.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — 30 for 30 is a series of documentary films airing on ESPN, its sister networks, and online highlighting interesting people and events in sports history. This includes four "volumes" of 30 episodes eac…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The AGS-17 Plamya (Russian: АГС-17 «Пламя», lit. 'Flame') is a Soviet-designed automatic grenade launcher in service worldwide.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Forbes 30 Under 30 is a set of lists published annually by Forbes magazine since 2011 that recognizes 30 notable people under 30 years old in various industries. The American list consists of 600 peop…
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Claim 4: “Research shows that black Americans are also more likely to get diagnosed later”
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Claim 5: “White participants lived 19.6 years without developing dementia while black participants saw 16 years without symptoms.”
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The provided evidence is irrelevant, returning results for 'Study.com' and general definitions of the number 16, with no mention of the specific study results for white and black participants.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Sixteen or 16 may refer to: 16 (number), the natural number following 15 and preceding 17 one of the years 16 BC, AD 16, 1916, 2016
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Android 16 is the sixteenth major release and the 23rd version of Android, the mobile operating system developed by the Open Handset Alliance and led by Google. The first developer preview was release…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The iPhone 16 and iPhone 16 Plus are smartphones developed and marketed by Apple. They are the eighteenth-generation iPhones, succeeding the iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus. The devices were announced al…
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Claim 6: “Vascular dementia, the second most common form after Alzheimer’s disease, happens when blood flow is blocked or reduced, limiting oxygen to the brain and damaging tissue.”
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Three independent sources (including alz.org) confirm that vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer's and is caused by reduced blood flow or blockages in the brain.
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web search NEUTRAL — About vascular dementia. Inadequate blood flow can damage and eventually kill cells anywhere in the body.Vascular dementia is widely considered the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer…
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web search NEUTRAL — Vascular dementia, which occurs because of microscopic bleeding and blood vessel blockage in the brain, is the second most common cause of dementia. Those who experience the brain changes of multiple …
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web search NEUTRAL — Vascular dementia is the second most common cause of dementia after Alzheimer’s disease and is caused by a reduction in blood flow to the brain resulting from a stroke or damage to small blood vessels…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/science/high-blood-pressure-linked-…
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Claim 7: “Alzheimer’s, which is caused by toxic proteins accumulating in the brain that would normally be carried away by healthy blood vessels.”
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Multiple scientific sources confirm that Alzheimer's is characterized by the accumulation of toxic proteins (such as tau and amyloid) in the brain.
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web search NEUTRAL — Alzheimer's disease is a common type of dementia, characterised by a progressive and permanent loss of nerve cells and a simultaneous accumulation of toxic proteins (“garbage”) in the brain. This brea…
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web search NEUTRAL — When toxic proteins aggregate to dangerous levels inside a neuron, they trigger a cascade of chemical reactions that destabilize the physical membrane protecting the nucleus. This causes the nucleus t…
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web search NEUTRAL — In Alzheimer's disease and other tauopathies, tau proteins begin accumulating inside nerve cells. These abnormal clumps, known as tau tangles, are associated with cognitive decline, disrupted brain fu…
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Claim 8: “women do have a higher lifetime risk of developing it compared to men.”
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The provided evidence consists of general Wikipedia definitions of 'Woman' and 'Female' and does not contain any data regarding the lifetime risk of dementia compared to men.
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web search NEUTRAL — Reproductive rights and women's rights have been raised globally, with some countries denying some of those rights to women. Violence against women is primarily committed by men. Many religions and go…
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web search NEUTRAL — Characteristics of organisms with a female sex vary between different species, having different female reproductive systems, with some species showing characteristics secondary to the reproductive sys…
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web search NEUTRAL — Women usually have less hair on their faces and bodies than men. After they finished puberty, and before menopause, women are usually able to get pregnant and give birth to babies.
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Claim 9: “42 percent of Americans at risk for developing the condition at any time after age 55.”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of general information about the number 42, the movie '42', and general definitions of Americans, but contains no data regarding the percentage of Americans at risk for dementia after age 55.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — African Americans or Black Americans, also formerly called Afro-Americans, are an American racial and ethnic group. As defined by the United States census, they are Americans who have ancestry from "a…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Americans are the citizens and nationals of the United States. U.S. federal law does not equate nationality with race or ethnicity, but rather with citizenship. The U.S. has 37 ancestry groups with mo…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Americans is an American period spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX. It aired for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as…
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