Extreme heat days may increase dementia risk, with poorer communities facing greater vulnerability
Over 57 million people worldwide are living with dementia, with nearly 10 million new cases diagnosed each year, and scientists now say that people living in certain climatic conditions are at a greater risk than others of developing this neurodegenerative condition.
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