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Global Action Needed to Address "Most Significant Health Crisis of the 21st Century". London, September 21 /PRNewswire/ - A landmark report on the Global Economic Impact of Dementia finds that Alzheimer's disease and other dementias are exacting a massive toll on the ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - More than 35 million people globally will suffer from Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia in 2010, and few will get any treatment at all, according to a report released on Monday.The problem is worsening especially fast in ...
People who live alone in middle age face nearly double the risk of developing cognitive problems in later life compared with married or cohabiting counterparts, according to a study published Friday.Researchers interviewed 2,000 people selected randomly in the Kuopio and Joensuu regions ...
People who are socially active and mellow may be less likely to develop dementia, a new study finds.. "The good news is, lifestyle factors can be modified as opposed to genetic factors which cannot be controlled," said study researcher Hui-Xin Wang of ...
Remaining socially active and intellectually challenged is key to a healthy brain; living as a couple makes that easier, says study author Krister Hakansson of the Karolinska Institute in Sweden.
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