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Sustaining a traumatic brain injury more than doubles the risk of dementia, according to new research.

A study, presented at the Alzheimer's Association's annual International Conference in Paris, revealed that older war veterans who had experienced traumatic brain injury at some point during their lives were more than two times as likely to develop the neurodegenerative condition.

The University of California San Francisco team concluded that the risk of dementia in those who had been diagnosed with traumatic brain injury was 15 per cent, in comparison to just seven per cent in those who had never sustained such an injury.

They noted that a diagnosis of concussion, post-concussion syndrome, a skull fracture or non-specific head injuries were all considered to be traumatic brain injury.

Meanwhile, a survey commissioned by the Alzheimer's society has revealed that dementia is the most joked-about medical condition, despite the fact that fewer than one in ten individuals deem such humour to be acceptable.

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