CLEVELAND CLINIC – Recently, two new risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease were identified. “The first is vision loss, and this adds on to what we already knew, that hearing loss is a risk factor,” said Jessica Caldwell, PhD, neuropsychologist for Cleveland Clinic. “In a similar way, vision loss is a risk factor. The other brand-new risk factor is high LDL cholesterol. And this is a brand-new risk that adds on to medical risks like diabetes and high blood pressure.”