Reuters
Last updated: 7:17 am
June 26, 2008
Posted: 3:23 am
June 26, 2008
A lower IQ increases a person's risk of developing a common form of dementia, a British study found yesterday.
The study found that those with lower IQs were more likely to develop vascular dementia.
"There is something about your mental ability that adds further to your risk of vascular dementia," said John Starr, a geriatrician at the University of Edinburgh.
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