Dementia cost 'to top 1% of GDP'
The costs associated with dementia will amount to more than 1% of the world's gross domestic product this year at $604bn (£388bn), a report says.
The World Alzheimer Report says this is more than the revenue of retail giant Wal-Mart or oil firm Exxon Mobil.
The authors say dementia poses the most significant health and social crisis of the century as its global financial burden continues to escalate. More …
