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BRAIN, NERVES & MINDPreventing dementia: 14things with evidence (ginkgoisn’t one)1Education, hearing loss, high LDL, depression,head injury, inactivity, diabetes2Smoking, hypertension, obesity, excess alcohol,social isolation, air pollution, untreated visionloss3New in 2024: high LDL and vision loss4Ginkgo: the 3,069-person, 6-year GEM trial —dementia HR 1.12, no effect5Ginkgo has antiplatelet action — more bleeding withanticoagulants or dialysis heparin6Hearing and vision correction, blood pressure andglucose control — all doable in clinicCognitive impairment is common in CKD but often has treatablecauses (anaemia, uraemic toxins, vascular) — get assessed beforebuying supplements.BBeyond CKDbeyondckd.com/en/cards/dementia-14-risk-factorsSources: Livingston G et al. Lancet standing Commission on dementia · DeKosky ST…Compiled from public clinical guidelines · General education, not individual medical advice
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Brain, nerves & mind

Preventing dementia: 14 things with evidence (ginkgo isn’t one)

Lancet 2024: around 45% of dementia may be preventable or delayed — through these 14 factors, not supplements.

  1. 1Education, hearing loss, high LDL, depression, head injury, inactivity, diabetes
  2. 2Smoking, hypertension, obesity, excess alcohol, social isolation, air pollution, untreated vision loss
  3. 3New in 2024: high LDL and vision loss
  4. 4Ginkgo: the 3,069-person, 6-year GEM trial — dementia HR 1.12, no effect
  5. 5Ginkgo has antiplatelet action — more bleeding with anticoagulants or dialysis heparin
  6. 6Hearing and vision correction, blood pressure and glucose control — all doable in clinic

Cognitive impairment is common in CKD but often has treatable causes (anaemia, uraemic toxins, vascular) — get assessed before buying supplements.

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Lancet 2024: around 45% of dementia may be preventable or delayed — through these 14 factors, not supplements.

1. Education, hearing loss, high LDL, depression, head injury, inactivity, diabetes
2. Smoking, hypertension, obesity, excess alcohol, social isolation, air pollution, untreated vision loss
3. New in 2024: high LDL and vision loss
4. Ginkgo: the 3,069-person, 6-year GEM trial — dementia HR 1.12, no effect
5. Ginkgo has antiplatelet action — more bleeding with anticoagulants or dialysis heparin
6. Hearing and vision correction, blood pressure and glucose control — all doable in clinic

Cognitive impairment is common in CKD but often has treatable causes (anaemia, uraemic toxins, vascular) — get assessed before buying supplements.

Sources: Livingston G et al. Lancet standing Commission on dementia — Lancet 2024; DeKosky ST et al. GEM: Ginkgo biloba for prevention of dementia — JAMA 2008
Verified: 2026-10-17

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https://beyondckd.com/en/cards/dementia-14-risk-factors
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Shot list and voice-over. Vertical 9:16; put captions in the lower third. Every line maps to the sources on the left.

secScreenVoice-over
0–5Ginkgo leafGinkgo to prevent dementia?
5–20GEM card3,069 adults over 75, followed six years: dementia hazard ratio 1.12 on ginkgo — no protection.
20–4514-tile gridLancet 2024 lists 14 modifiable risk factors — hearing, vision, blood pressure, glucose, LDL, exercise, smoking, social contact — about 45% of dementia may be delayed through them.
45–60Anticoagulant warningKidney patients: ginkgo raises bleeding risk. The 14 things that work can start at your next clinic visit.

Sources (every point on the card maps to one)

Verified: 2026-10-17