Mar 28 2009
Why are deaths from dementia on the rise?
The alarming thing is that in a time when the incidence of many diseases is decreasing, the number of cases of deaths as a direct result of Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias is increasing.
As I stated last time, eventually all of these diseases are progressive and fatal. No one has ever permanently gotten better. A person may appear to be better for a short period of time, but eventually every person with one these diseases, dies from it or from a complication caused by of one of these diseases.
The brain shrinks. Even the simplest of tasks becomes impossible. What is even worse is that family members, friends, and all invlved in the care of this person with dementia have to watch this happen.
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The Times They Are A Changing
You have to wonder, if science found a way to unclog all those pathways through the brain (as happens in Alzheimer, I understand), if the brain could regenerate itself.