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Strategies for Cognitive Impairment Prevention
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Journal of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences

DOI: 10.58739/jcbs/v15i1.117

Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-9

Review Article

Strategies for Cognitive Impairment Prevention

Ahlawat Poonam1∗, Maheshwari Sushil Kumar2, Sharma Preksha3

1Associate Professor, SGT University, Gurugram, Haryana, India
2Principal, College of Nursing, IHBAS, Delhi, India
3Associate Professor, Baba Farid University of Health Sciences, Faridkot, Punjab, India

*Corresponding Author
Email: [email protected]

Received Date:18 September 2024, Accepted Date:30 October 2024, Published Date:25 March 2025

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Abstract

With the ageing of the population, the prevention and treatment of cognitive impairment in the elderly have become increasingly important. This article reviews and evaluates the most recent research on therapies that may be useful in preventing cognitive impairment. Specifically, we address tactics that aim to address modifiable risk factors that may act prior to the onset of the disease. The cognitive reserve of healthy individuals can be enhanced, leading to a delay in the onset of neuropathological changes linked to dementia. Early preventative techniques include managing major depressive disorder (MDD), improving vascular risk factors including hypertension and diabetes mellitus, and changing lifestyle factors like diet, exercise, and stress reduction.

Keywords: Cognitive decline, Dementia, Cognitive impairment, Alzheimer's disease, Modifiable risk factors

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Published By Sri Devaraj Urs Academy of Higher Education, Kolar, Karnataka

  • 25 March 2025

Year: 2025, Volume: 15, Issue: 1

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