With the number of elderly people growing in Pakistan, the incidence of Alzheimer's disease is on the rise. As per a report, around two million people in the country are suffering from this preventable condition and the numbers continue to mount, warm health experts. Alzheimer's is a type of dementia that causes problems with memory, thinking and behavior changes and the disease is rapidly spreading globally.
Every three seconds a person falls prey to it. Experts said at a press briefing on Tuesday held at a hotel in connection with World Alzheimer's Day that the cost to combat the disease globally had surpassed $818 billion. They said seven percent of people aged 65 or more were affected by Alzheimer's while up to 15 percent of those aged 75 or more were likely to be affected by it."If the disease is not timely treated, it becomes incurable," President, Neurology Awareness, and…
