- Friday, April 19, 2024
By: Keerthi Mohan
Dementia and Alzheimer’s disease have killed more women in Scotland than heart disease, according to official figures. A total of 4,384 women died in 2017, compared to 2,693 from heart disease, the National Records of Scotland said, reported The Herald. However, heart disease remains the biggest killer in men. Interestingly, dementia and Alzheimer’s did not feature in the five most common causes of death in 2000. It was only in 2013 that these two diseases began to be featured in the list of leading cause of death among women. The need of the hour is to ensure people with dementia…
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