Being married or living with a partner reduces the risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease as you age by 50 percent, according to a study by Swiss and Finnish scientists and published in the prestigious British Medical Journal . The data also indicates that being widowed or divorced around age 50 triples the chances of developing dementia.
According to Miia Kivipelto, co-author of the study, the results have an important value for primary medical care, and suggests that a preventive treatment in adults who have lost a partner could reduce the incidence of Alzheimer's and dementia, and thus prevent the forecasts of the experts are fulfilled, who estimate that in 2040 there will be 81.1 million people affected by these diseases.
