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hedgehog

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3. I have long wondered if survivors of the 1918 Flu epidemic were more likely

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Wed Jul 17, 2013, 11:48 AM

Jul 2013

to develop dementia late in life - based on reading about the connection between the flu and a Parkinson's like syndrome.

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Dementia Rate Is Found to Drop Sharply, as Forecast [View all] hedgehog Jul 2013 OP

interesting, "in England and Wales have plummeted by 25 percent" Sunlei Jul 2013 #1

Maybe they just forgot to count 25% of the time... Xipe Totec Jul 2013 #2

... Mnemosyne Jul 2013 #4

GMO mutant crops ? Berlum Jul 2013 #5

world eats basicly the same couple seed crops. More like insecticides,defolient,lifestock additives Sunlei Jul 2013 #6

Perhaps a better question would be Gormy Cuss Jul 2013 #7

+1 leftstreet Jul 2013 #12

Education and overall health were determined to be the major factors. hack89 Jul 2013 #8

I have long wondered if survivors of the 1918 Flu epidemic were more likely hedgehog Jul 2013 #3

I believe so. hardcover Jul 2013 #10

They need to separate out the different types of dementia to really assess this mainer Jul 2013 #9

Good point - another consideration is that hedgehog Jul 2013 #11