When you have dementia, being diagnosed early can help you and your loved ones manage the condition. It could also aid in treatment.

A new study has found that in some cases, weight loss and lipid changes happened up to a decade before dementia was diagnosed.

These could be early indicators that signal the need for closer monitoring.

Guest/s

• Professor Joanne Ryan, head of the Biological Neuropsychiatry and Dementia research unit at Monash University 

References

• Cardiometabolic Trajectories Preceding Dementia in Community-Dwelling Older Individuals