Posted on 03/04/2020 10:44:39 AM PST by Roman_War_Criminal
Early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease jumped 200% among commercially insured Americans between the ages of 30 and 64 over a recent five-year period, a new analysis of Blue Cross and Blue Shield health insurer claims shows.
The report, the latest from the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, shows 131,000 people between the ages of “30 and 64 were diagnosed with either form of dementia” in 2017. The average age of someone “with either condition is 49 and women are disproportionately impacted than men,” the report, which is the latest in the trade group’s “The Health of America” series, shows.
In 2017, there were 12.6 diagnoses per 10,000 adults of either early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease for commercially insured adults aged 30 to 64, the report said. That compares to 4.2 diagnoses per 10,000 adults of early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s disease combined for the same 30 to 64 age group in 2013.
“The increase in early-onset dementia and Alzheimer’s diagnoses among a generation who typically wouldn’t expect to encounter these conditions for several decades is concerning, especially since there is no cure for Alzheimer’s disease,” said Dr. Vincent Nelson, vice president of medical affairs for the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, which gathered data for the report from a database of medical claims of more than 48 million commercially insured Blue Cross customers.
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I am totally convinced of the link between statins and disabilities. Bad stuff.
Paradoxically, statins have also been shown to decrease the risk of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, and improve cognitive impairment in some cases.... Observational studies have provided substantial evidence supporting a protective effect against the onset of dementia but are subject to a number of potential biases, such as selection bias and information bias [8]. Randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of statins on cognitive measures in patients with AD have generally failed to show positive benefits but may have limited ability to detect therapeutic benefit by excluding subjects with dementia or dyslipidemia.
The true situation is unclear, basically.
We have friends, in laws, relatives to inlaws and just people we know, who have Parkinson’s now. They live from the East Coast to the West Coast and in between.
They were non smokers, watched their diet/weight kept in good shape. They were not druggies or alcoholics. Most are men with a couple of women.
The one thing in common was being put on statins in their 50’s and developing Parkinson’s in their late 50’s or 60’s.
Some have died. Others are miserable as it is a terrible disease.
That’s so sad. My brother-in-law developed Lewy’s disease.
As a worker’s comp manager, here’s one you’ll appreciate. But this case never (apparently) became a worker’s comp matter; a cop on a small police department in Rhode Island went on sick leave with a staph infection in 1998. He never returned to work; remaining on sick leave drawing full pay and benefits for more than two decades, and only recently retired, after reporters for a local TV station began asking questions:
https://turnto10.com/i-team/nbc-10-i-team-cop-retires-after-22-years-on-sick-leave
And it gets better: thanks to his department’s collective bargaining agreement, the former cop can now collect $80K in unused sick and vacation time.
This would explain why there are so many Democrat voters.
Que te chin***? It is insane that no one notice until the local TV station got hold of it-I could almost understand his fraud falling through the cracks in a big city department-but not some place in Rhode Island-my guess is that he had inside help...
I’ve had a couple of neighbors get talked into taking statins by city docs-”just to be safe”-none of them were overweight or ate processed food-the bad side effects started quickly-so they threw the statins away and got back to healthy normal-it is almost as if these meds are like a fad promoted by pharma and docs-everybody takes it-try it-it reminds me of people I went to college with who supplemented their income by selling everything from weed to speed-always trying to get you to buy a baggie of weed or pills...
I think the emphasis on low fat diets and salt restriction may also contribute to dementia since brain, nerves, and hormones are largely composed of cholesterol, a fat.
I agree.
Yeah. It’s something to think about, for sure.
I know it's somewhat biological...
I've read about a husband and wife...both Doc's..The husband was having systems and started eating coconut oil..and the Husband got better.....
Yeah, according to the TV report, the department where the detective spent 22 years on sick leave has just over 30 officers—total. So, it’s not like the NYPD or Chicago police where he could have been “lost” in the shuffle of thousands of officers. And under Rhode Island law, they had to keep the job open as long as he was on sick leave, so other cops had to cover his duties as well.
What I can’t figure out: with proper treatment, staph infections eventually clear up, even among patients who require hospitalization. Are we to believe this guy had a staph infection for the last 20 years (and is still alive). Surely an infection of that magnitude should have killed him long ago, despite massive doses of antibiotics.
You are correct; someone was helping this guy perpetuate this fraud for more than 20 years. Another possibility: the “sick” detective had major dirt on other officers in the department, so they bought him off with a 20-year, taxpayer-funded vacation and now, an equally lucrative retirement.
It is all the aluminum in the soda pop cans.
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