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Dementia research funding set to double in UK

By | March 25, 2012, 11:04 PM PDT

Dementia research funding is set to double in the United Kingdom by 2015, the BBC reports.

David Cameron will soon announce his plans to rev up research on the subject by increasing funding to £66 million ($100 million) in the next three years. In a speech, the Prime Minister is expected to outline his plans for research into both cures and treatments and the health care systems in place to respond to the disease.

Dementia, which is characterized by a loss of brain function that disturbs memory, language and behavior, affects 800,000 people in the UK at an estimated cost of £23 billion to the country.

In the United States, it is estimated that 5 million people suffer from Alzheimer’s or related dementias and that with an aging population, the number will double by 2050.

“Dementia is simply a terrible disease. And it is a scandal that we as a country haven’t kept pace with it,” Cameron is set to say. “My argument today is that we’ve got to treat this like the national crisis it is. We need an all-out fightback against this disease, one that cuts across society.”

The Prime Minister will point out that the economic costs of the disease are already higher than those of cancer, heart disease or stroke.

Jeremy Hughes, chief executive of the Alzheimer’s Society, applauded Cameron’s plan as an “unprecedented step” in making the UK a world leader in dementia research.

“Doubling funding for research, tackling diagnosis and calling for a radical shift in the way we talk, think and act on dementia will help to transform lives,” he said. “There are currently 800,000 people with dementia, yet too many are not able to live well with the condition. The PM is leading the way, but from Plymouth to Preston, from the boardroom to bus drivers, we all have a role to play.”

Dementia research funding set to rise to £66m by 2015 [BBC]

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The problem and the solution is in the water!

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Fluoridation was introduced into the United States in 1945 and later was endorsed by the U.S. Public Health Service in 1950

"It appears that the citizens of Massachusetts are among the 'next' on the agenda of the water poisoners.???"Fluoridation of our community water systems can well become their most subtle weapon for our sure physical and mental deterioration.??? "As a research chemist of established standing, I built within the past 22 years, 3 American chemical plants and licensed 6 of my 53 patents. Based on my years of practical experience in the health-food and chemical field, let me warn: fluoridation of drinking water is criminal insanity, sure national suicide. Don`t do it.??? Dr. Emanuel H. Bronner PhD-1952'

"Mass-medicating water with sodium fluoride was to sterilize humans and force the people in their concentration camps into calm submission.??? (???The Crime and Punishment of I.G Farben???, Joseph Borkin)
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26th Mar 2012
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...stop eating roundup glyphosate wich is a potent neurotoxin....Eat organic.

"Alzheimer???s: Diet ???can stop brain shrinking???, By Helen Briggs ??? A diet rich in vitamins and fish may protect the brain from ageing while junk food has the opposite effect, research suggests. Elderly people with high blood levels of vitamins and omega 3 fatty acids had less brain shrinkage and better mental performance, a Neurology study found."
Posted by Leonardo Costa
26th Mar 2012
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