Is Alzheimer’s Preventable?

Researchers have wondered from some time if Alzheimer’s is a preventable disease.  New evidence now suggests that behaviors such as lack of physical activity, smoking, hypertension, obesity and depression might play a role in the onset of the disease.  By using a mathematical model, researchers at the University of California in San Francisco found that these behaviors are found in about half of the 34 million people worldwide who are suffering from Alzheimer’s.  It’s possible that addressing these behaviors (by exercising more, quitting smoking, losing weight, etc.) could help promote Alzheimer’s prevention.

Read more details about this research in The New York Times.