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\n\"_42539289_xiao203.jpg\"<\/a>From BBC News (photo: Dr. Xiao treating Alzheimer’s patients, via bbc.co.uk):\n<\/p>\n

\nThe country now has a third of all Alzheimer’s<\/a> patients in the world. And the number of diagnosed cases is rising.<\/p>\n

China’s economic success means people are living longer, says Professor Xiao Shifu, a director at Shanghai’s leading mental health hospital.<\/p>\n

“Alzheimer’s prevalence has been about what you’d expect in the west. But now it’s increasing very fast because China is ageing at a very rapid rate,” he said.<\/p>\n

And the enormous changes in society are taking their toll, especially on the old. [Full Text]<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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