11 points | by geox 11 hours ago ago
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“Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year“
I checked and it’s about 500,000 new cases in the US.
It’s surprising that more research isn’t done considering how prevalent it is.
We can basically do nothing for people.
And people are living to be older. June Lockhart just turned 100:
https://people.com/june-lockhart-on-screen-sons-share-update...
“Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, with nearly 10 million new cases each year“
I checked and it’s about 500,000 new cases in the US.
It’s surprising that more research isn’t done considering how prevalent it is.
We can basically do nothing for people.
And people are living to be older. June Lockhart just turned 100:
https://people.com/june-lockhart-on-screen-sons-share-update...