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Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia
Associated Press ^
| Sept. 20, 2009
| LAURAN NEERGAARD
Posted on 09/20/2009 9:16:32 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
WASHINGTON (AP) - More than 35 million people around the world are living with Alzheimer's disease or other types of dementia, says the most in-depth attempt yet to assess the brain-destroying illness—and it's an ominous forecast as the population grays.
The new count is about 10 percent higher than what scientists had predicted just a few years ago, because earlier research underestimated Alzheimer's growing impact in developing countries.
Barring a medical breakthrough, the World Alzheimer Report projects dementia will nearly double every 20 years. By 2050, it will affect a staggering 115.4 million people, the report concludes.
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: alzheimers; brain; dementia; disorders
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To: Free ThinkerNY
And they’re all Democrats.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:18:33 PM PDT
by
WestwardHo
(Whom the god would destroy, they first drive mad.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
A gaggle of them voted 3rd-party in the last election to teach the GOP a lesson.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:18:39 PM PDT
by
Chunga
(Vote Republican)
To: Free ThinkerNY
There are at least 62,000,000 who have dementia in the US of A alone!
To: Free ThinkerNY
Report: 35 million-plus worldwide have dementia...
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:19:24 PM PDT
by
Talisker
(When you find a turtle on top of a fence post, you can be damn sure it didn't get there on it's own.)
To: 17th Miss Regt
Really? ... Ya mean there are actually 62,000,000 registered Democrats?
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:20:03 PM PDT
by
MHGinTN
(Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
To: WestwardHo; Chunga
...and all three responses within about 20 seconds!
To: MHGinTN
Certainly. More than half are still alive.
To: Free ThinkerNY
If this Administration doesn’t drive us all crazy, I don’t know what will . . .
To: 17th Miss Regt
“There are at least 62,000,000 who have dementia in the US of A alone!”
I think you're overestimating, quite a few of those 62 million are simply morons.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:25:14 PM PDT
by
east1234
(It's the borders stupid! My new environmentalist inspired tagline: cut, kill, dig and drill)
To: WestwardHo
And they’re all Democrats.Many of them brag that their daddy was a Democrat so they're born with it!
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:25:20 PM PDT
by
lonestar
(Obama is turning Bush's "mess" into a catastrophe.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
It’s awfull when you get so old you can’t do it anymore, but your memory is so bad, you thought you did.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:25:29 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:25:50 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Love me, love my cat.)
To: Chunga
A gaggle of them voted 3rd-party in the last election to teach the GOP a lesson.
Apparently, the dementia-ridden GOP didn't learn.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:26:31 PM PDT
by
mysterio
To: Talisker
The Cult of Personality.
Like Mussolini and Kennedy.
Like Joseph Stalin and Gandi.
I sell the things you need to be
Im the smiling face on your t.v.
Im the cult of personality
I exploit you still you love me. -Living Colour.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:28:07 PM PDT
by
chris37
To: MHGinTN
Really? ... Ya mean there are actually 62,000,000 registered Democrats?According to ACORN there are.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:29:05 PM PDT
by
umgud
(Look to gov't to solve your everday problems and they'll control your everday life.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Yep, that's why we need Government Health care so we can provide end of life counseling -
“don't your remember - yesterday you agreed to be euthanized”
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:30:04 PM PDT
by
stubernx98
(cranky, but reasonable)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Is this article about Jimmy Carter?
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:32:33 PM PDT
by
donmeaker
(Invicto)
To: Free ThinkerNY
At first blush, this may seem insensitive, but ... how much do we need to send to algore (or his Alzheimer’s counterpart) to fix this problem?
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:32:58 PM PDT
by
RobinOfKingston
(Democrats, the party of evil. Republicans, the party of stupid.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
My mother in law is dying from Lewy Body Dementia. It’s been a long road for everyone involved. It’s a horrible disease inflicting someone I love very much. She could live another 2 years in a very bad way. It tears your heart apart some days when she has moments of clarity and sobs for the life she knew. I appreciate the glib comments on this thread for what they are and pray this awful disease doesn’t strike your family.
And yes. Liberalism is a mental disease, though my MIL wasn’t one of them.
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posted on
09/20/2009 9:34:19 PM PDT
by
mplsconservative
(Abolish ACORN and the other 270 associated nuts!)
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