India, June 11 -- A new international study finds that the risk of dementia is going down in newer generations of older adults.
"Younger generations are less likely to develop dementia at the same age as their parents or grandparents, and that's a hopeful sign," said Dr Sabrina Lenzen, a co-author of the study.
Led by economist Xiaoxue Dou from the University of Queensland in Australia, the researchers looked at health survey data from the U.S., Europe, and England. The study focused on people aged 71 and older and compared dementia rates among different age groups.
They used only the information that was available in all the surveys to estimate who had dementia, making sure their analysis was consistent.
The results showed that younger...