Dementia on the decline

It’s always a nice surprise when unexpected good news hits the headlines. The other day, the New York Times reported that for reasons doctors don’t completely understand, rates of dementia are dropping.

“Despite fears that dementia rates were going to explode as the population grows older and fatter, and has more diabetes and high blood pressure, a large nationally representative survey has found the reverse. Dementia is actually on the wane. And when people do get dementia, they get it at older and older ages,” the newspaper wrote.