
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
New study reveals 17 preventable lifestyle risk factors shared by stroke, dementia, and depression, offering hope for long-term brain health.

Three of the most common aging-related diseases share many of the same risk factors — and they can all be reduced through lifestyle changes.
That’s according to a new study from Mass General Brigham (MGB), which identified 17 common risk factors all linked to stroke, dementia and late-life depression.