Prof Hugh Markus

“but so do the big vascular things - blood pressure, smoking, diabetes. What's never mentioned is how much of the risk of Alzheimer's comes from those - things we could actually do something about.”

Prof Hugh Markus · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-19

Markus cautions that vascular factors like blood pressure, smoking, and diabetes also play a major role in Alzheimer's risk.

“was playing an important role in predicting who would get dementia, in large numbers of people in the normal population.”

Prof Hugh Markus · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-19

Markus and a medical student analysed brain scans of more than 40,000 people and found impaired drainage systems were linked to later dementia.

“Disruption of that flow,”

Prof Hugh Markus · said date not stated · reported 2026-07-19

Markus and a medical student analysed brain scans of more than 40,000 people and found impaired drainage systems were linked to later dementia.