- Stroke is a dreaded diagnosis for everybody. We know that, and we know that a lot of people are aware of the vascular risk factors or risk factors that lead to stroke. However, it's not very well known that stroke can lead to dementia and dementia is obviously a feared diagnosis by many, and often associated with common forms of dementia like Alzheimer's disease. In this case however, the investigation had looked at the um mixed type of dementia dementia for all sorts as a diagnosis, rather than a specific sub-type, and so, one of the most um natural conclusions of this study is that, if we can prevent stroke, we can prevent dementia and this is a very important message for the public, and also a very important message that addresses to monumental health problems that relate to brain health dementia and supravascular disease.