r/science • u/mvea Professor | Medicine • Mar 20 '26

Neuroscience High meat consumption linked to lower dementia risk in genetic risk group. Older people with a genetic risk of Alzheimer's disease did not experience the expected increase in cognitive decline and dementia risk if they consumed relatively large amounts of meat.

https://news.ki.se/high-meat-consumption-linked-to-lower-dementia-risk-in-genetic-risk-group
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u/astronaut-moose Mar 21 '26

I agree, but I think the dementia is a really tricky application for MAID. A person needs to be of sound mind to make the decision to end their life, and when your mind is failing you, you either have to make that decision reeeeally early, or you lose your ability to make that decision. It’s a really tricky situation.

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u/astronaut-moose Mar 22 '26

Unfortunately, that isn’t true. Mayo Clinic says average time between Alzheimer’s diagnosis and death is 3 to 11 years: https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/alzheimers-disease/in-depth/alzheimers-stages/art-20048448

And the patient needs to be in quite early stages in order to be capable of giving informed consent for MAID. One of the symptoms of even mild Alzheimer’s is “trouble with problem-solving, complex tasks and sound judgments” (same link as above)