13 May, 2013
Modern lifestyle causing dementia to strike at early age – Indian Express
Modern lifestyle is causing dementia and other brain diseases to strike at a younger age, with widespread use of computers, mobile phones and chemicals to blame, a new study has found. The latest research has found that the sharp rise of dementia and other neurological deaths in people under 74 cannot be put down to the fact that we are living longer.
The rise is because a higher proportion of old people are being affected by such conditions – and what is really alarming, it is starting earlier and affecting people under 55 years, according to the research published in journal Public Health. Of the 10 biggest Western countries the US had the worst increase in all neurological deaths – men up 66 per cent and women 92 per cent between 1979-2010. The UK was 4th highest – men up 32 per cent and women 48 per cent.
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