Abstract

Dementia can be prevented in 45% of cases, and its onset can be delayed, regardless of age!
In this age where there is no miracle cure for dementia, let's adopt habits that make us less susceptible to dementia as early as possible.

★ How to create a brain that is less prone to dementia
- Sleep is a "cleaning time" that washes away the brain
- Influenza and shingles vaccines may protect the brain
- Microplastics are a new risk factor for dementia
- The brains of "learners" become stronger

Most dementias, including Alzheimer's disease, are said by any doctor or scientist to be irreversible once they develop. Furthermore, substances that cause dementia begin to accumulate in some people as early as their 40s. Although some new drugs have been developed, they cannot "restore lost functions" and cannot be called a "miracle cure."

However, recently, dementia is no longer actually an "unavoidable disease." In the last few years, research around the world has overturned conventional wisdom one after another.

Dementia is no longer a disease to be simply feared. If you know the right way, you can keep it at bay. Let's learn the specific methods!

Author’s Information

Doctor of Medicine. Professor, Department of Neurology, Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu University. Graduated from Niigata University School of Medicine in 1992. After working at the Department of Neurology, Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, as a visiting lecturer at Stanford University in the United States, and as an associate professor at the Brain Research Institute, Niigata University, he assumed his current position in 2017. He serves on the boards of the Japanese Society of Neurology and the Japanese Society for Neurotherapeutics, and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Neurology (FAAN). He is the research representative of the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare's "Research Group on Comprehensive Support Systems for Patients with Intractable Diseases." As a neurologist, he has been involved in the diagnosis and research of a wide range of neurological diseases, including dementia, intractable neurological diseases, and autoimmune encephalitis, for many years. Regarding dementia, he continues to share information through social media, focusing not only on advances in treatment but also on how to apply the latest scientific findings related to lifestyle, environment, and prevention to daily life.