Most People are Getting Dementia This Way, Experts Say.
NYC Psychiatrist Dr. Paul Poulakos was recently featured in Eat This, Not That’s article, ‘Most People are Getting Dementia This Way, Experts Say’. Here is an excerpt from the article, ‘Around 55 million people worldwide are living with dementia and The World Health Organization estimates, “As the proportion of older people in the population is increasing in nearly every country, this number is expected to rise to 78 million in 2030 and 139 million in 2050.” Although dementia—a syndrome that causes a deterioration in cognitive function, mainly affects the older community, people as young as 30 have been diagnosed with early onset dementia.’.