MedPage Today (2/5, George ) reports, “Cognitive function was better for older adults with healthy lifestyles even if they had Alzheimer’s or other dementia-related pathologies, autopsy data showed.” Investigators found that “a 1-point increase in a healthy lifestyle score was associated with better cognitive performance proximate to death.” Meanwhile, “after adjusting for beta-amyloid load, healthy lifestyle scores remained independently associated with cognition.” The findings were published in JAMA Neurology.
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