Healthy minds

The most interesting, if concerning, aspect of new research published today into the risks of developing dementia is that it concentrates on middle age, not old age. On a positive note, it shows us that there is still time to do something about this most devastating of diseases, for this and future generations. The study, by the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet, places the highest risk on those living alone, but the findings should be compulsory reading for everybody in the 40-60 age group, regardless of whether they are single, cohabiting, married, widowed or divorced.