🇺🇸U.S DEMENTIA EPIDEMIC: 1 MILLION CASES ANNUALLY BY 2060?
A new have a look at predicts that almost 1 million Americans should broaden dementia every yr via way of means of 2060, up from 514,000 instances yearly in 2020.
Lifetime threat rises sharply with age, attaining 42% after fifty five and 56% after 85.
Higher risks (44-59%) had been visible in Black adults, women, and people with the APOE e4 gene related to Alzheimer's.
Study writer Josef Coresh referred to as the findings " better than expected" after reading many years of fitness records from 15,043 participants.
Source: Nature Medicine
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