Australians who enjoy life in the bush could be at less risk of suffering from dementia.
City slickers are 1.12 times more likely to develop the serious brain disorder compared to their regional counterparts, new research by the University of Southern Queensland has found.
The study published in PLOS One was conducted by PhD student Rezwanul Haque using the latest available data from the Survey of Disability, Ageing and Carers (SDAC), a nationally representative database collected by the Australian Bureau of Statistics about the health of the Australian population.
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