Recent studies have shed light on the factors influencing brain aging and dementia risk. A study highlighted by Eric Topol on Twitter, utilizing MRI technology, found a link between knee osteoarthritis and accelerated brain aging, potentially underpinned by the glial gene SLC39A8, as reported in Nature Mental Health. Concurrently, research findings reported by Newsweek and Medical Xpress, based on data from around 40,000 UK Biobank participants and conducted by the University of Oxford, identified diet and two other main risk factors as key to slowing brain aging and reducing Alzheimer's risk by up to 27%, as published in Nature Communications. These studies emphasize the importance of modifiable risk factors in protecting against dementia, with specific focus on middle-aged individuals' brain health.
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The fragile regions of the brain, related to earlier and accelerated ageing and disease, are particularly susceptible to these modifiable risk factors, from ~40,000 @uk_biobank participants https://t.co/rUiVij6FRK @JM_brain @NatureComms https://t.co/6yKUsju2Nf
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Acceleration of brain aging by MRI linked to knee osteoarthritis, with a possible glial gene (SLC39A8) underpinning https://t.co/HR4uGHVXp1 @NatMentHealth https://t.co/bhQnAb1KZI