Dementia Care Cost Is Projected to Double by 2040

The article from the NYTimes below regarding dementia is quite sobering. With projected cost as well as the number of people with dementia doubling within 30 years, one would think there would be more public education to prevent this from occurring.

Dr. Mercola wrote in his website, Mercola.com:
"In the United States, someone develops Alzheimer's disease every 69 seconds, and by 2050 this is expected to increase to a new case every 33 seconds, according to the Alzheimer's Association's 2011 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures."
Granted dementia is not Alzheimer's disease, AD, but the most common cause of dementia is AD accounting for 70%-80% of all dementia cases. (Source: http://bit.ly/bHWFPs)

In his article, Dr. Mercola wrote about Astaxanthin as a Rising Star in Alzheimer's Prevention.
Might you consider using Astaxanthin as prevention?

Dementia Care Cost Is Projected to Double by 2040
By PAM BELLUCK
Published: April 3, 2013 NYTimes

The most rigorous study to date of how much it costs to care for Americans with dementia found that the financial burden is at least as high as that of heart disease or cancer, and is probably higher. And both the costs and the number of people with dementia will more than double within 30 years, skyrocketing at a rate that rarely occurs with a chronic disease.

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