And why haven't the lazy stroke associations been able to create marketing buzz like this? Have they even tried?
http://www.biosciencetechnology.com/news/2013/12/cure-or-drug-dementia-possible-2025?et_cid=3654143&et_rid=648870051&type=cta#.UqoocBC7_XY
British Prime Minister David Cameron says he hopes to kick-start an
international effort to find a cure or effective treatment for dementia
by 2025.
At a one-day summit on dementia on Wednesday hosted by the U.K.,
Cameron declared that discovering a cure or treatment for dementia is
"within our grasp."
The Group of Eight health and science ministers signed a declaration
agreeing to identify "a cure or disease-modifying therapy for dementia"
by 2025, among other goals, including increased funding and greater
cooperation.
Globally, about 44 million people are estimated to have dementia,
according to Alzheimer Disease International. That number is projected
to jump to 76 million by 2030.
More at link.
The depressing news about stroke and no one is doing anything useful about it.
1 in 5 will have a stroke according to WSO.
According to the World Health Organization, 15 million people suffer
stroke worldwide each year. Of these, 5 million die and another 5
million are permanently disabled.
In 2010, there were 16.9 million people who had a first stroke, 33
million stroke survivors, and 5.9 million people who died from a stroke
-- increases of 68%, 84%, and 26% respectively since 1990, according
to Valery Feigin, MD, of the Auckland University of Technology in New Zealand, and colleagues.
If those trends continue, there will be an estimated 12 million
stroke deaths, 70 million stroke survivors, and more than 200 million
DALYs lost globally each year by 2030, with low- and middle-income
countries bearing the brunt of the problem, they noted.
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