Alzheimer’s Dementia and Global Self Circuits: A New Degenerative Model?
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Improved medical care has significantly extended life expectancies, shifting demographic profiles of the elderly world-wide; yet it has also greatly increased the numbers of patients suffering age-related cognitive deficits. According to United Nation’s projections nearly 20% of the world population will be 60 or more years of age by 2050, with considerably higher percentages in developed nations, placing large numbers of individuals at risk [1]. The most prevalent neurodegenerative disease among the elderly is Alzheimer’s Dementia (AD). Its lifetime risk above 60 is calculated at 33% in males and 45% in females, and its anticipated growth is expected to exceed nearly 100% that of current levels in developed nations. Disturbingly, a more than 300% increase is anticipated in Southeast Asian countries, including India, China, and their neighboring states [2].
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