The Global Burden of Disease Study 2010 has been published today by the Lancet. It describes the global distribution and causes of a wide array of major diseases, injuries, and health risk factors. In the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010: Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010 it highlights that deaths from Alzheimer's disease and other dementia has risen more than three-fold. The study has taken more than five years and involves 486 authors in 50 different countries...
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