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Sunday, November 30, 2008

Author heading dementia campaign

Author heading dementia campaign
"We have got used to believing that Alzheimer's is automatically a part of getting older, and it isn't" Author Terry Pratchett has handed in a petition to 10 Downing Street calling for an urgent increase in funds for dementia research.
The petition, which has been signed by 20,000 people, describes current level of funding as "appalling".
The campaign is backed by more than 100 top scientists.
The Discworld creator, diagnosed with a rare form of Alzheimer's disease this year, also met Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Health Minister Phil Hope.
The petition, addressed to Mr Brown, highlights that Alzheimer's and related diseases, which affect 700,000 people in the UK, currently receives just 3% of research funding.
Mr Pratchett, 60, said: "We are facing, to use the term said to me by one of the leading US researchers, a worldwide tsunami of Alzheimer's and other dementia diseases. .....................

Too many toxic substances in the environment?

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