Yes, you read that correctly. Dementia is declining. The prevalence of dementia is falling, even as the absolute numbers of dementia cases are rising due to population growth.
Author: Devon Herrick
Are Doctors Pathologizing Mild Symptoms Deeming Normal People Sick?
Consider ADHD, irritable bowel syndrome, Tourette’s, Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, autism, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, dyslexia and dyspraxia, mast cell activation syndrome and Chiari malformation? What about depression, anxiety, and a whole host of other mental health syndromes? These maladies have various symptoms in common with significant overlap. Many are also found in other diseases and in people with no disease at all.
It’s Not Just Patients, Doctors too are Frustrated with Our Health Care System
News flash: Doctors hate our health care system as much as patients! I am going to make a bold, unsubstantiated claim that doctors hate it for different reasons than patients, however. About a month ago I blogged about patients losing trust in their doctors. It is not that I do not trust my doctors. It’s that I worry they have divided loyalties considering nearly three-in-four work for a hospital or a hedge fund.
NY Passes Health Care Consumer Protections, then Backsteps
I have written in the past about the needed consumer protections in health care. Price transparency is chief among them. Another is banning blanket consent-to-pay forms without adequate price transparency. New York State passed such a law that was due to take effect late 2024, prohibiting health care providers from forcing patients to sign consent-to-pay forms prior to care and prior to when prices are discussed.