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HTTP:: Dementia Affects 35 Million People
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According to a report released today, more than 35 million people around the world will suffer from some form of dementia by early 2010. Forms of the disease include such conditions as Alzheimer's, and no effective course of treatment for such afflictions exists up to this point, which makes the predictions even more worrying. The study reveals that countries with a low to average living standard are the most likely to experience sharp increases in the number of dementia cases, Reuters reports. One of the main reasons why the neurodegenerative disorders affect more and more people in such countries is the fact that few medical institutions able to provide accurate diagnostics and early detection exist here. The new report was released by the Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), which is an umbrella group for many Alzheimer's associations around the world. “This report and all earlier studies indicate that the current number of people living with dementia is expected!
to grow at an alarming rate,” the new paper says. “An estimated 35.6 million people worldwide will be living with dementia in 2010. This number is estimated to nearly double every 20 years, to 65.7 million in 2030, and 115.4 million in 2050. Much of the increase is clearly attributable to increases in the numbers of people with d...
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