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Almost half the world is living with some neurological illness
- joegibbs 3y agoDoes this actually mean that half the world is sick, or that we have a standard for “neurological illness” that is too broad?
- hiatus 3y agoThe first line from the article seems to answer that: > New research estimates that nearly half of people globally are living with a condition like Alzheimer’s, stroke, or epilepsy And taking a look at the full scope of diseases in the methodology seems to yield a "no" to your question. https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4422(24)00038-3/fulltext#seccestitle80 https://www.thelancet.com/journals/laneur/article/PIIS1474-4...
- joegibbs 3y agoThey’ve got “migraine” listed there with a prevalence of 1 billion and “tension headache” listed with a prevalence of 2 billion. That’s making the numbers add up, because that’s 3/4 of the supposed sufferers of neurological disorders, yet most people would hardly group them into that category, and the vast majority of people who get them don’t suffer close to the debilitating effects of Alzheimer’s or Parkinson’s.