Stroke prevention may also reduce dementia

Ontario ' s stroke prevention strategy appears to have had an unexpected, beneficial side effect: a reduction also in the incidence of dementia among older seniors. A new paper is the first to look at the demographics of both stroke and dementia across Ontario since the province pioneered Canada ' s first stroke prevention strategy in 2000.

Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - May 1, 2017 Category: Science Source Type: news