Dementia costs Britain billions per year
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Around 700,000 Britons suffer from dementia and the condition costs the nation's economy 17 billion pounds annually, the Alzheimer's Society said Tuesday.
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The British government spent 1.75 billion pounds (3.20 billion dollars, 2.52 billion euros) last year to hire outside consultants, some of who were paid roughly 10 times that of a civil servant doing same job, a report said.
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Neurological disorders ranging from migraines to epilepsy and dementia affect up to 1 billion people worldwide and the toll will rise as populations age, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday.
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The cost of decommissioning ageing nuclear reactors has risen by Â£12bn in the past few years, according to an official report.
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More than $31bn spent on consumer electronics this year to date Brits spend more on consumer electronics than any nation in Europe, market watcher GfK has claimed. Together, we have spent Â£16.8bn ($31.7bn) on high-tech toys this year. Every UK household has spent, on average, Â£325 ($612) this year on gizmos, gadgets and assorted electronic equipment - Â£42 ($81) more than their nearest rivals, the Swiss.â¦
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Older people who have lost  their teeth are at more than three-fold greater risk of memory  problems and dementia, UK researchers report.
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The National Health Service (NHS) is paying hundreds of millions of pounds too much for branded medicines, using up funds that could be spent on other needs, the competition watchdog has said.
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People caring for sick or disabled relatives are saving the state Â£87bn a year by providing unpaid support instead of relying on the NHS and social services, research for the charity Carers UK has revealed.
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Parents in Britain are spending an average of nearly Â£3,000 a year on each child, a survey suggests.
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A report says some councils spend five times as much as others on providing free personal care for the elderly.
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Elderly people with diabetes have an increased risk of dementia, especially so-called vascular dementia, according to new data from an ongoing Swedish study.
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Low employment among older workers could be costing the UK as much as Â£31bn a year, the National Audit Office (NAO) says.
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Memory clinics and drugs to slow the  progress of symptoms of Alzheimer's disease are diverting  resources in Britain's state-funded health services from high  quality integrated care, doctors said on Friday.
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BRITAIN could be sitting on a CJD timebomb because thousands of people might be carrying the fatal brain disease without knowing it.
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The unpaid work of carers saves the UK Â£87bn per year - more than was spent by the NHS last year, say experts.
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With fewer young people to work and pay taxes, the cost of looking after older people with state pensions becomes ever more prohibitive.
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THURSDAY, Sept. 9 (HealthDayNews) -- Unless Americans make some lifestyle changes now, the number of Alzheimer's disease cases in the United States will double to 6 million by 2030, say experts who caution that their estimates are on the low side.