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Podcast: The mindbodygreen Podcast
Episode: How to lower your Alzheimer’s risk at any age | Majid Fotuhi, M.D., Ph.D.
Description: "You are in control of your brain health, just the same way you're in control of your heart health."
Today's guest is Majid Fotuhi, M.D., a Harvard and Johns Hopkins-trained neurologist, brain health researcher, and author of Invincible Brain. Dr. Fotuhi has spent his career studying one of the most pressing questions of our time: why do some people's brains deteriorate with age, while others stay sharp well into their eighties and nineties? His answer might surprise you.
Why 45% of dementia is preventable (00:00)
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