Addressing issues such as vision and hearing loss, depression can offer potential relief.
Dementia is the seventh-leading global cause of death among older people, and the number of people affected is expected to almost triple by 2050 with annual costs upwards of $1 trillion. While rates are falling in some high-income nations, those in lower and middle-income countries are rising quickly with no cure in sight, the researchers said.
Dementia is the seventh-leading global cause of death among older people, and the number of people affected is expected to almost triple by 2050 with annual costs upwards of $1 trillion. While rates are falling in some high-income nations, those in lower and middle-income countries are rising quickly with no cure in sight, the researchers said.
Shingles vaccines may also slow down the condition, according to another study published in the journal Nature Medicine that linked GSK Plc’s Shingrix to later dementia onset. Focusing on prevention and delay would push back the day that such drugs would even be needed. Exposure to smoke from wildfires was also found to raise dementia risk in seniors, especially among Black and Asian people, according to a separate study conducted in California that was presented at the Philadelphia conference. Implementing strict clean-air policies would also help forestall dementia, Livingston said, and future research may show that low-emission zones in the UK have reduced burden of dementia.
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