Topic: World Health Organization
Data from a Spanish study, presented at the 4th World Congress on Controversies in Neurology, show that a high percentage of people with fibromyalgia do have measurable cognitive dysfunction. Researchers say this dysfunction should be classified as "mild cognitive disorder" under the ...
Thecosts associated with dementia born of ageing and diseases likememory loss, disorientation and will amount to more than1% of the world's gross domestic product in 2010 at $604 billion, areport says. The World Alzheimer Report states thatthis is more than the revenue ...
Alzheimer's disease can be predicted with up to 100 percent accuracy several years before its onset using biomarkers found in spinal fluids, a study published Monday showed.Geert De Meyer of Ghent University in Belgium and colleagues in the Alzheimer's Disease Neuroimaging Initiative ...
Statistics According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), as many as five million Americans suffer from Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. TrialMatchTM is a tool that matches individuals suffering from Alzheimer's disease or other dementias with clinical trials.
A person's risk of contracting Alzheimer's may be linked to levels of the appetite-suppressing hormone leptin, according to a US study published Wednesday which could point the way toward future treatment of the disease.The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) reported ...
Cases of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia are expected to soar in the next few decades, due largely to a spike in cases in developing countries, a report said Monday.Usually, dementia affects the elderly, and as improved healthcare helps more ...
Its easy to presume Alzheimers disease and other forms of dementia hit people in developed countries harder than those in the developing world. The investigators looked at dementia rates among nearly 15,000 people over age 65 in 11 countries, finding the prevalence ...
In November 2006, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicted that, by 2030, in high income countries, Alzheimer's and other dementias will be the seventh leading cause of death and the third leading cause of debilitating illness. The WHO's mental health page reports, ...
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