CHICAGO - A milder type of mental decline that often precedes Alzheimer's disease is alarmingly more common than has been believed, and in men more than women, doctors reported Monday.
Nearly a million older Americans slide from normal memory into mild impairment each year, researchers estimate, based on a Mayo Clinic study of Minnesota residents. ...
Dr. Ralph Nixon, a New York University psychiatrist and scientific adviser to the Alzheimer's Association, was blunt.
"We're facing a crisis," he said.
[From Study: 'Pre-dementia' is rising, especially in men -- chicagotribune.com]
"Pre-dementia," says this AP piece. Pre freaking dementia. Like I don't have enough problems already. I mean ...
... oh wait. I forgot.
Oh well. It only happens in Minnesota anyway.
And - hey! here's good news! - there's a new drug for it. This pre-dementia thing. From Canada. (Isn't that where they have the mad cows?) Maybe it comes from playing too much hockey. The pre-dementia, I mean.
Or maybe - here's a thought - there's just a wee little sales twist to this news. Ya think?
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