dementia

I mentioned this one at the top of the show.

Dementia now accounts for more than 10% of all deaths.

That's double the level of 20 years ago.

Figures from the Bureau of Stats show that dementia, including Alzheimer's disease, claimed just over 19,000 lives in 2025.

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In this bulletin, record turnout for the most consequential election in Israel's history.

Dementia now the leading cause of death in Australia.

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The Central Elections Committee says that just under 56% of the 7.3 million eligible voters had already cast their ballots within the first nine hours of voting, a record by that point in the day with six more hours to go.

Media reports suggest 70,000 Israelis have also traveled home from abroad to vote as most citizens are not permitted to cast their ballots overseas.

Tel Aviv resident Ishai says the strong turnout could be a sign that there is appetite for things to be different.

We can never know in the elections in Israel.

The neurologists tell me.

Dementia is where...

Brain fog is where you can't find your keys.

You can't remember where you put them, right? Like, you know, you're losing a word.

You're like that thing on the table with the prongs and it's silver and fork, you know? So...

Where you get in the car and you're like, where am I going? You know, okay.

Dementia is you don't know what those keys are for.

That is like, why has no one told us that before? I'm sure you have, but that's so helpful.

It is very difficult for families.

I've also lived through a parent with dementia so I understand what it's like.

I think one thing is if you have concerns to talk to your GP, there's also a lot of information on the Dementia Australia website for families and for people themselves who are concerned about their cognition.

I think educating yourself is really helpful so you know what's normal, what's not normal and if your loved one does have a diagnosis of dementia then you know you can plan ahead.

All the things that you talked about, is it getting through to our GPs? You know, that is in a lot of instances probably the front line in terms of maybe early detection of things.

He had lost the ability to walk.

Dementia was settling in.

There was, as his son Chris said, quote, a zero percent chance that Fred could give of speech.

So his son delivered it for him at the podium, which I believe was when he was inducted to the Hall of Fame in NASCAR.

But the study was only observational, so the researchers caution it cannot demonstrate that these conditions can reliably predict Alzheimer's.

The findings are published in the journal Alzheimer's and Dementia.

Unrelated to the study, the CDC describes Alzheimer's disease as the most common type of dementia with early symptoms typically appearing after age 60.

For more health news, go to foxnewshealth.com. I'm Lisa Brady with Fox on Health.

Sudden symptoms may point to delirium, stroke, infection, medication toxicity, or another acute problem.

Dementia itself is generally not a sudden overnight change.

And this is one of the most challenging parts of late.

How do doctors diagnose it?

So I think that there's a lot that can be really helpful.

Yeah, actually, Corinne, it's interesting that you mention that dementia aspect because we did find a small 2022 study, we'll link it in our show notes, titled Effect of Doll Therapy and Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia that found that, quote, doll therapy improved.

So clearly for a specific niche of these consumers, though maybe that's not the culty part, there are empirical benefits to these dolls.

Yeah, I think when you consider the other 85 plus percent of people, I find it very bizarre to call yourself this reborner.

But obviously we're really concerned to make sure that the ATOs also recognises people's individual or business circumstances.

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