‘Bone health is linked with dementia’ reveals a newly published study

An association has been found between low bone density and an increased likelihood of developing dementia, according to a study published in the online edition of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. Both low bone density and dementia are prevalent among older people, and they often occur together because inactivity and poor nutrition can cause bone loss, which can contribute to dementia. Out of the 1,211 individuals with the lowest total body bone density, 90 developed dementia within a decade, in contrast to the 57 individuals with the highest bone density. Researchers accounted for variables such as age, gender, education, other medical conditions and medication use, as well as family history of dementia, concluding that people with the lowest total body bone density were 42% more likely to develop dementia within a decade. This recent research discovered a connection between bone loss and dementia, but further studies are necessary to completely understand this link between bone density and memory loss.