Medical Xpress January 24, 2025
An estimated 3.4 billion people—43% of the world population—had a condition affecting the nervous system in 2021, leading to 11.1 million deaths. Increasing numbers of people affected by stroke, dementia and late-life depression—the three major disorders of the aging brain—foreshadow a “gray tsunami” that requires a new national commitment to address brain health, according to a new commentary published this week in Circulation.
“Ambitious efforts have led to tremendous advances in our understanding of neuroscience and the treatment of neurological illness, including the inextricable link between the heart and the brain,” said Mitchell S.V. Elkind, M.D., M.S., FAAN, FAHA, co-author of the commentary, chief clinical science officer, stroke neurologist and past volunteer president of the American Heart Association.
“To leverage...
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