Top scientist slams Australia’s dementia funding

A leading international neuroscientist has criticised the Australian Government’s commitment to funding research into dementia.

More than 250,000 Australians suffer dementia and that number is expected to balloon to almost 1 million by 2050 as the population ages.

With 1,500 new cases each week in Australia, dementia is described as an impending epidemic — via redwolf.newsvine.com