Hard to Believe Dementia Effects Found

Brad Stanfield

Jul 7, 2025

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Here are the links to the research papers referenced in the video:
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-024-03340-9
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/dementia
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8659196/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK430817/
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2564/4/1/2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK551568/
https://www.mdpi.com/2813-2564/4/1/2
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576405/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC11351143/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4878312/
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC4877513/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32562683/
https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/article-abstract/2831976
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10363181/
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/25424823251342182
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC12125485/
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39780249/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK576405/
https://cardiab.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12933-020-01071-y
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7710304/

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