(Adnkronos) In Italy, according to the latest data of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), there are about 1.2 million people with dementia in the 65-year-old or older age group and about 24,000 cases of dementia in early childhood. With specific reference to Alzheimer's disease, patients are estimated at at least 600 thousand. [...] L'articolo Alzheimer's, in Italy over 1 million people with dementia: the novelties from drug diagnosis come fro…
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In Italy, according to the latest data of the Higher Institute of Health (Iss), there are about 1.2 million people with dementia in the age group 65 years old or older and about 24,000 cases of dementia at the beginning of the youth. With specific reference to Alzheimer's disease, patients are estimated at at at least 600 thousand. The total cost of dementia in our country is estimated at about 23 billion euros per year, with 63% of the economic…