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Dementia deaths more than double in a decade
The proportion of people dying of dementia has more than doubled in a decade, official figures show, and by 2021 one in eight of all deaths could be due to the brain disease.
By Stephen Adams, Medical Correspondent
2:09PM GMT 06 Nov 2012
Every tenth woman in England and Wales now dies of dementia (10.3 per cent), according to mortality figures for 2011 from the Office for National Statistics, up from 4.3 per cent in 2001.
In men, the proportion of deaths from dementia has risen from 2.0 to 5.2 per cent over the course of the decade.
Should these rises be sustained it will mean that by 2021 about 12 per cent of all deaths will be attributed to dementia.
Experts said the figures were a “scary” reminder of the scale of the dementia timebomb facing Britain.
Autism Cannot Be Diagnosed By Brain Imaging Alone
Main Category: Autism
Article Date: 06 Nov 2012 – 0:00 PST
In a column appearing in the current issue of the journal Nature, McLean Hospital biostatistician Nicholas Lange, ScD, cautions against heralding the use of brain imaging scans to diagnose autism and urges greater focus on conducting large, long-term multicenter studies to identify the biological basis of the disorder.
What do you think? Government pledge for end-of-life care welcomed by Norfolk families
Hospitals which fail to consult patients and their families over end-of-life care decisions could face legal action under new rules unveiled by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb yesterday.
By DAVID BLACKMORE Tuesday, November 6, 2012
9:28 AM
Hospitals which fail to consult patients and their families over end-of-life care decisions could face legal action under new rules unveiled by North Norfolk MP Norman Lamb yesterday.
The care services minister said a new legal obligation in the NHS constitution would make “clear and explicit” the right of patients and their families to be informed over end-of-life treatment decisions, including the Liverpool Care Pathway (LCP).
The announcement was last night welcomed by two West Norfolk families who claim their partners were put on the controversial care plan without being consulted or agreeing to it.
It also came as Denise Charlesworth-Smith, who lives in Brookville, near Methwold, yesterday met Conservative peer Baroness Knight who is calling for an independent inquiry to the care plan.
