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This is great news. 60% of Dementia is due to Alzheimers whilst remaining 40% is roughly split between Vascular dementia (dementia due to mini-strokes) and Deme
by robbiep 13y ago
This is great news.
60% of Dementia is due to Alzheimers whilst remaining 40% is roughly split between Vascular dementia (dementia due to mini-strokes) and Dementia with lewy bodies (a histopathological finding).
Unfortunately Alzheimers is largely a pathological diagnosis (ie. it requires a brain biopsy usually post mortem to diagnose) and I didn't dig up the british study this is largely taken from to see where they thought the decline was coming from but it is very good news and should be welcomed!
- pstuart 13y agoAnd possible good news about Alzheimers: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-alzheimers-type-3-diabetes/ http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/25/bittman-is-a...
- ekianjo 13y agoThis theory that Al Zheimer is due to a form of Diabetes does not have much support from the key thought leaders currently. [Disclaimer: I worked on Al Zheimer]. For all we know, it may be a combination of several factors and not a single one.
- juskrey 13y agoPlease recall what "key thought leaders" were thinking about cholesterol for previous 50 years.
- ekianjo 13y agoI am not saying they are right. I was just adding comments on what the experts in the field are thinking about. Besides, there are some clinical trials ongoing to treat "Brain Diabetes" as a way to fight Al Zheimer but nobody expects much from them, including investors. It's probably not that simple.
- seszett 13y agoJust for your information then, "Alzheimer" is a simple name, not a compound one and "Al" here is not a prefix (if anything, it should be broken down into "alz heimer").
- nodata 13y agoWhy are you spelling it like that?
- ekianjo 13y agoSo that people ask questions :) No, simple mistake. But I can't edit my post anymore.