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Sebastian Tan

Brain expert champions national fight against dementia

An expert says dementia research funding lags despite the disease being predicted as a top killer. (Dan Himbrechts/AAP PHOTOS)

Dementia patients receive "too little" from governments but there is light at the end of the tunnel for the disease, a leading scientist says.

Brain expert Henry Brodaty made the case for dementia research at the National Press Club, saying funding for the disease lags cancer and heart disease despite being projected to become Australia's biggest killer.

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