Dementia risk in UK going down, suggests study

[Northerner]

Older people's risk of getting dementia is going down in the UK, research suggests.

A study in the Lancet reveals a smaller proportion of older people living in Britain now have the condition than experts had predicted.

Researchers say it could be a reflection of improving public health.

The work looks at three areas of England - Cambridgeshire, Nottingham and Newcastle - and compares dementia rates in people born 20 years apart.

Based on 1991 trends, experts had predicted 8% of over-65s would have dementia in 2011.

The actual figure for 2011 turned out to be just over 6%, the Cambridge University team discovered.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23326061

 

[LeeLee]

Ooh... I wonder if the Daily Fail will extrapolate that the T2 'epidemic' is a good thing because metformin reduces the risk of dementia???

 

[pav]

One problem is that they don't diagnose people as having dementia, some are diagnosed as having memory problems. Then even when dementia is visible to all around the patient they still delay the confirmation.