Fewer New Cases of Dementia in Last Four Decades [PsychCentral.com]

Samantha Sangenito 2/16/164:00 AM

Despite worries of an increase in dementia cases over the next few decades due to an aging population, a new study suggests that the rate of new cases of dementia actually may be decreasing. The most noticeable decline was found in new cases of stroke-related dementia.

The findings, based on data from the Framingham Heart Study (FHS), provide hope that some cases of dementia might be preventable or delayed and encourages funding agencies and the scientific community to further explore demographic, lifestyle and environmental factors underlying this positive trend.

[For more of this story, written by Traci Pedersen, go to http://psychcentral.com/news/2...r-decades/99074.html]

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