The statistics on dementia are startling: 1 in 1,000 people under the age of 65 will develop dementia and beyond the age of 65, the figures jump to 1 in 13 people, according research from the Alzheimer Society of Canada. The term dementia encompasses a range of conditions: Alzheimer’s disease; vascular dementia; Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; cross-species prion infection from the meat of infected livestock; Huntington's disease; Lewy body dementia and cognitive impairment among others. Vascular dementia is the s... read more