This is not feasible using the usual sources of data (hospitalizations, mortality, physicians' visits) since in only a fairly small fraction of dementia cases would dementia be listed as a diagnosis.
However, there is strong evidence that strokes, even if small, will make dementia worse at any stage of Alzheimer's.
Hughes added: "While in recent years there has been a small improvement in dementia diagnosis rates, a postcode lottery still prevails.
So a 1943 medical dissertation that said Schumann had suffered from vascular dementia (small strokes brought on by hypertension) rather than schizophrenia or manic-depressive illness found ready acceptance.
As the fluid bubbled in his ears and he awaited the blasts of warm water, he talked with Juan, as he called the doctor, of things big and small big being Mrs. Higueros's advancing dementia, small being the new cars of which Juan was a devoted fan.
Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said: "The small improvement in dementia diagnosis is good news, but the extreme variation across the country is unacceptable.
A small reduction in dementia risk was seen with angiotensin receptor blockers in comparison to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
This study population included nearly 2,500 older people but small numbers of dementia cases still limited our ability to detect significant differences across different types of community environments.
All of the procedures have been evaluated only on small samples: 12 dementia patients for the DAFS, 28 for the DAFA, and 22 27 for the TEFA.
Still, there is frequent criticism that only a small number of dementia patients undergo appropriate diagnostics and receive appropriate therapy [ 7, 8, 14].
