Dr. Abela, Consultant Geriatrician at Zammit Clapp Hospital, and colleagues, report that the estimated number of individuals with dementia in the Maltese islands is 4,072. This figure is expected to almost double by the year 2035. Dementia is a serious, common, world-wide neurodegenerative disease associated with severe loss of cortical brain. It is a major predictor of morbidity and mortality in the elderly costing the health services more than cardiovascular disease and cancer put together.
The Malta Health Sciences Research Database lists the abstracts of health studies conducted in the Maltese Islands. Look it up on the sidebar.
Tuesday, September 25, 2007
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