Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease overtake heart disease as the leading cause of death in America

‘When you see a substantial shift in what is causing most humans to die, there are many questions scientists and researchers should be asking – about changes in the environment, changes in the food and changes in the way we treat illnesses (Big Pharma comes to mind).
So it’s likely researchers are now asking questions about why dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have taken over heart disease as the world’s leading cause of death. Hint: They may want to start with the fact that our wired world is having a really negative effect on our brains.
In any event, the BBC reports that in England and Wales, the latest figures show that dementia is now the leading cause of death. Last year, figures show that more than 61,000 people died from dementia, or 11.6 percent of all recorded deaths.’
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