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 wonder if some of this isn’t that people are realizing that insurance will cover this and so are now filing.
Well I guess Joe Biden’s got that going for him...
What would be the benefit of pretending to have alzheimers..
Disability
But what else?
And won’t brain scans have to confirm
Weed?
You receive some benefits in care.
I’ve often wondered about statins since the brain is full of cholesterol.
Weed. Psych meds. I highly suspect these chemicals to our brains, don’t trust them.
No, I think it’s that they are testing people. So if the testing went from literally zero people per year, to hundreds of thousands, then surely you’re going to wind up with a statistical anomoly like this.
Much like screening folks for cancer, there is a gobsmack of money to be made doing this “safety first” screening stuff so YOU TOO can be saved...but ONLY if you act NOWWWW!!!!!
Peoples brains are rotting due to cell phone internet. Swipe swipe swipe, it is like playing slot machines 20 hours a day.
That seems normal/s
Prescription med use is somehting I’ve wondered about. All these pills could be degrading the brain
Some medical researchers are thinking dementia may be “diabetes type 3”
The rampant use of antidepressants could explain it.
Yep. Could be related to all the drugs some people did.
Medicins all coming from China.
Maybe there are more tests being done, or the tests are more sensitive.
Diet.
[[diagnosed with either form of dementia” ]]
Either form? What other form of dementia are they talking about?
It’s happening to a number of people with HIV. It’s a side effect of the meds in certain instances.
Both of those are true. Whether that’s the answer here I don’t know.
The fact that the medical establishment has been handing out psychoactive drugs like candy for the last 40 years could certainly be a possibility.
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