Dementia may have been caused by the Second World War, says scientist
The dementia affecting hundreds of thousands of Britons may be a legacy of the Second World War, a scientist has claimed.
Research presented at a conference in York yesterday suggested that traumatic stress can trigger Alzheimer's and other conditions.
More than 700,000 people suffer from dementia in the UK and Dr Karen Ritchie, from France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research, believes that many of today's cases could have been caused by armed combat, or by the Blitz.
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Research presented at a conference in York yesterday suggested that traumatic stress can trigger Alzheimer's and other conditions.
More than 700,000 people suffer from dementia in the UK and Dr Karen Ritchie, from France's National Institute of Health and Medical Research, believes that many of today's cases could have been caused by armed combat, or by the Blitz.