Your Healthy Family: Study predicts Alzheimer's cases will triple by 2050
September is World Alzheimer’s Month. A recent study predicts Dementia cases will triple worldwide by the year 2050. Meanwhile,..
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Dementia cases triple by 2050
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DOCTORS SAY THERE ARE A NUMBEROF REASONS WHY THIS ISHAPPENING - WE'RE EINSEG MOERDIABETES, PEOPLE GAINING MOREWEIGHT, MSOKING AND JUSTLIVING LONGER.DEMENTIA IS A TERM USED TODESCRIBE A GROUP OF SYMPTOMSTHAT CAN AFFECT THINKING,MEMORY, REASONING,RPESONALITY, MOOD ANDBEHAVIOR.
ALZHEIMER'S DISEASEIS THE MOST COMMON CAUSE OFDEMENTIA.
CLEVELAND ICLNIC'SDOCTOR JAMES LEVERENZ SAYS THERESULTS OF THE STUDY HIGHLIGHTTHE IMPORTANCE OF EARLYINTERVENTION.
ESPECIALLY AMONGYNGOUER PEOPLE WHO STILL HAVETHE CHANCE TO LOSE WEIGHT,START WORKING OUT AND QUITSMOKING.
HE SAYS LIVING AHEALTHY LIFESTYLE CAN MAKE ABIG DIFFERENCE.CG: DR. JAMES LEVERENZ/CLEVELAND CLINIC :21 "A LOT OFOUR RESEARCH HERE AT THECLVEELAD NCLINIC IS FOCUSED ONHOW PHYSICAL ACTIVITYINTERACTS WITH GENETIC RISKFACTORS FOR ALZHEIMER 'SDISEASE AND THE IMMUNE SYSTEM.SO WE'RE VERY EXCITED ABOUTTRYING TO PARSE WHAT WAYS WECAN RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO HELPTHEM PREVE
