{"id":8142,"date":"2025-05-30T11:52:13","date_gmt":"2025-05-30T11:52:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/?p=8142"},"modified":"2025-06-04T10:00:04","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T10:00:04","slug":"a-higher-biological-age-may-raise-the-risk-of-dementia-according-to-a-study","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/a-higher-biological-age-may-raise-the-risk-of-dementia-according-to-a-study\/","title":{"rendered":"A higher biological age may raise the risk of dementia, according to a study."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A new study suggests that people with a <strong>higher biological age<\/strong> (how old their cells and systems appear) compared to their <strong>chronological age<\/strong> (actual years lived) may face a <strong>greater risk of developing dementia<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Key Findings:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Epigenetic Clocks &amp; Dementia Risk<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Researchers used <strong>DNA methylation clocks<\/strong> (measuring biological age) and found that individuals with <strong>accelerated aging<\/strong> had a <strong>higher likelihood of dementia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Even after adjusting for genetics and lifestyle factors, <strong>biological age was a stronger predictor<\/strong> than chronological age.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Potential Reasons for the Link<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Cellular Damage Accumulation<\/strong> \u2013 Faster biological aging may lead to earlier brain cell deterioration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Increased Inflammation &amp; Oxidative Stress<\/strong> \u2013 Accelerates neurodegeneration.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Vascular Health Decline<\/strong> \u2013 Impacts blood flow to the brain.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What Can Slow Biological Aging?<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Regular Exercise<\/strong> (even moderate activity helps)<br><strong>Heart-Healthy Diet<\/strong> (Mediterranean diet is linked to slower aging)<br><strong>Quality Sleep<\/strong> (7-9 hours supports cellular repair)<br><strong>Stress Management<\/strong> (Chronic stress speeds up epigenetic aging)<br><strong>Avoiding Smoking &amp; Excessive Alcohol<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Reference:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/11\/231106134925.htm\">https:\/\/www.sciencedaily.com\/releases\/2023\/11\/231106134925.htm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10690013\">https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10690013<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/higher-biological-age-may-increase-dementia-risk-study\">https:\/\/www.medicalnewstoday.com\/articles\/higher-biological-age-may-increase-dementia-risk-study<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Medications that have been suggested by doctors worldwide are available on below link<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mygenericpharmacy.com\/category\/disease\/alzheimer-disease\">https:\/\/mygenericpharmacy.com\/category\/disease\/alzheimer-disease<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A new study suggests that people with a higher biological age (how old their cells and systems appear) compared to their chronological age (actual years lived) may face a greater risk of developing dementia. Key Findings: Epigenetic Clocks &amp; Dementia Risk Potential Reasons for the Link What Can Slow Biological Aging? Regular Exercise (even moderate activity helps)Heart-Healthy Diet (Mediterranean diet is linked to slower aging)Quality Sleep (7-9 hours supports cellular repair)Stress Management (Chronic stress speeds up epigenetic aging)Avoiding Smoking &amp;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"><a class=\"btn btn-default\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/30\/a-higher-biological-age-may-raise-the-risk-of-dementia-according-to-a-study\/\"> Read More<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Read More<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3647],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dementia"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8142"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8166,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8142\/revisions\/8166"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8142"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8142"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.mygenericpharmacy.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8142"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}