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People Who Regularly Use Laxatives May Have an Increased Risk of Dementia, Study Shows
Regular laxative use has been associated with an increased risk of all-cause dementia and vascular dementia. Taking multiple type of laxatives or using osmotic laxatives specifically were linked to an even higher risk. The new research only shows an association between laxative use and dementia; it does not suggest that laxative use causes dementia.
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