1. Could healthy living actually reduce your chance of developing Alzheimer's? The researchers behind today's study believe it can.

健康生活能减少你患老年痴呆症的概率吗？做出今天这项研究的研究人员相信是能够的。

2. They've highlighted seven life factors they believe a link to developing dementia. 

研究人员强调了7种生活因素，与发生老年痴呆症有联系。

3. The two most important risk factors, according to this study, are depression and physical inactivity.

研究表明，两种最重要的风险因素是抑郁和身体不活动。

4. They say just sitting on the sofa is one of the biggest risk factors for you to develop Alzheimer's.

研究人员说，坐沙发是你患老年痴呆症最大的风险因素之一。

5. Other risks: Not surprisingly smoking, if you have high blood pressure, if you overweight or have diabetes, they believe that your risk is greater.

其他风险因素有：吸烟（这并不令人惊讶），如果你有高血压，体重超重或者肥胖，研究人员认为你患老年痴呆症的风险较大。

6. If the researchers are right, this list of seven risk factors really do play a big role in developing Alzheimer's. Then there is a reason to hope.

如果研究人员说的对，那么这7种风险因素确实在老年痴呆症产生中起大的作用。然而，我们还有理由抱有希望。

7. The researchers say if everybody reduces the risk factors by 25%, smoking 25% less, exercise 25% more, then half a million new cases of Alzheimer's could be prevented. 

研究人员说，如果每个人减少25%的风险因素，减少25%的吸烟，增加25% 的锻炼，那么100万老年痴呆症的新发病例中有一半可以得到预防。

8. So the message tonight: throw out those cigarettes, reach for the cross-word and get off that couch. It's good for your body today, and possibly for your mind tomorrow. 

因此，这就是今晚的信息：扔掉香烟，尽力玩填字游戏，不坐沙发，这样今天对你身体有益，明天可能对你大脑有益。

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