Nicotine Gum, High Blood Pressure Medication & Hearing Aids Could Reduce UK Dementia Incidence by 8.5%

Interventions like nicotine gum to help older adults quit smoking, medication to treat high blood pressure in mid-life, and hearing aids for people with moderate hearing loss in mid-life can all help prevent or delay the onset of dementia by about 8.5%, saving £1.9 billion (about $2.5 million). The three interventions combined would cost £1.08 billion annually in England to implement, while reducing social care costs of dementia by £866 million and family care costs by £1.05 billion. The National Health Service (NHS) and social care cost savings from dementia prevention would outweigh . . .