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By Whatchamacallit

Comments: 40511, member since Fri Nov 14, 2003

On Wed Apr 11, 2012 04:07 PM

Good new, it is not just the yutes that are crazy !

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2128172/Dementia-cases-double-2030-says-World-Health-Organisation.html

the Daily Mail wrote:

Dementia cases 'to double by 2030' says World Health Organisation
A new case of dementia is diagnosed every four seconds
Less than half of dementia cases are routinely recognised even in high-income countries

By Claire Bates

The number of people suffering dementia around the globe is expected to nearly double to 65.7million sufferers by 2030, the World Health Organisation has warned.

By 2050 it is likely to rise 70 per cent above today's figure of 35.6million sufferers.

Dementia is caused by a variety of brain illnesses that affect memory, thinking, behaviour and the ability to perform everyday activities.

Alzheimer's disease is the most common cause of dementia and makes up about 70 percent of cases.

The report published with Alzheimer's Disease International said there are 7.7million new cases of dementia reported each year - with a new person diagnosed every four seconds.

The estimated annual cost of treatment and care is $604 billion (£379 billion).

Yet even in high income countries like the UK and U.S less than half of dementia cases are routinely recognised.

'We need to increase our capacity to detect dementia early and to provide the necessary health and social care,' said Oleg Chestnov, from WHO.

'Much can be done to decrease the burden of dementia. Health-care workers are often not adequately trained to recognise dementia.'

The study also highlights a general lack of information and understanding about the disease, fuelling stigma with the result that people sometimes delay seeking support.

'It is now vital to tackle the poor levels of public awareness and understanding, and to drastically reduce the stigma associated with dementia,' said Marc Wortmann, executive director of Alzheimer's Disease International.

Only eight countries worldwide, including England, have national programmes in place to address dementia, according to the report 'Dementia: a public health priority'.

A spokesman for the leading UK charity Alzheimer's Society, said: 'Two weeks ago, for the first time a British Prime Minister made a personal commitment to drive forward change to transform the lives of 800,000 people with dementia in the UK.

We must now focus our efforts on translating these commitments into better diagnosis and support, increased understanding and advancements in research.'

That's funny, I wonder if they rule as dementia common yute behaviours that are not just a caricature of ours when we were their age.

Binge drinking, abuse of drugs, overdoses of white sugar (diabetes also calls for dementia), gratuitous violence and bullying, God knows ... not to mention a deregulated sex life.

One day they'll disclose that some of our POTUS's were indeed struck with dementia !

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