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Lipoprotein(a), is usually written as Lp(a) and pronounced “L-P little a”. It is an important inherited risk factor for cardiovascular disease. It is worth knowing about because it can increase your risk of a heart attack or stroke even if your ordinary cholesterol levels are normal.
The good news is that measuring it can help you and your doctor make better decisions about heart disease prevention.
· “Digital dementia” is a popular term used to describe concerns about how spending a lot of time on digital devices — such as smartphones, tablets and computers — might affect the way we think and concentrate.
“Digital dementia” isn’t a medical diagnosis, and it doesn’t mean that using your phone causes dementia.
Harmful effects are likely driven by modifiable behaviours — fragmented attention, poor sleep, sedentary lifestyle and reduced face-to-face socialising — rather than screens themselves.
Prevention focuses on digital hygiene, protecting sleep, promoting physical activity and social and cognitive engagement, and managing cardiovascular and mental-health risk factors.
The WHO's updated 2026 guidelines reinforce an important message: while dementia cannot yet be cured, many of its risk factors are modifiable.
Up to 45% of dementia cases may be delayed or prevented through healthy lifestyle choices, effective chronic disease management and reducing environmental risk factors.
For GPs, this represents another opportunity to frame preventive healthcare not only as protecting the heart and metabolic health, but also as protecting the brain. Every discussion about exercise, smoking cessation, blood pressure, diabetes management or social connection may also be a conversation about reducing a patient's future risk of dementia.
