Marriage could help reduce risk of dementia, study suggests

Compared with married couples, single people have a 42% elevated risk of dementia, and those who have been widowed a 20% increase, researchers find

Being married could help stave off dementia, a new study has suggested.

Levels of social interaction could explain the finding, experts have said, after the research showed that people who are single or widowed are more likely to develop the disease.

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