Poor fella. That’s a heavy burden to deal with.
Having 10x the relative risk still wouldn’t make his absolute risk super high but would be scary as hell nonetheless .
Film Chris Hemsworth to take ‘time off’ from acting after discovering Alzheimer’s risk
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Poor fella. That’s a heavy burden to deal with.
Having 10x the relative risk still wouldn’t make his absolute risk super high but would be scary as hell nonetheless .
Poor lad. Hope he doesn't get it.
How much do the crazy crash diets and gear go into this as well. I love the bloke and think he’s a solid actor but surely what his body through to be Thor comes at a cost
How common is it to test for something like this? Sounds like he got lucky with it turning up in a routine medical.
Not a routine medical. He did a specific test because of a show he’s on. Not many people get this sort of genetic testing. Although it is available (but expensive)
It was part of a documentary he was making
I don’t really understand what taking time off will help though? alzheimer’s is usually something that kicks in with age right?
Which will make the time he has now feel much more precious.
Plus he seems to want to remove as much stress as possible from his life. As that could potentially help prevent or delay the diagnosis.
In this case he inherited the genes from his parents so that's completely seperate from anything he does or takes.
He has kids and a wife. He learned some pretty upsetting news and is taking some time to reflect and be with those who matter most until he figures out what he wants to do moving forward
It's so brutal. Knew people and their families who have had it and I've seen it rip through them. Horrific disease. Hope he really doesn't get it.
Yup, Alzheimer is one of my biggest fears.
Its quite devastating and live changing. People would just want to retreat into their shells and ket their inner monologues decide.
Absolutely terrifying. Poor guy.
If only there was another or perhaps many other Hemsworths to fill all of those acting roles while he’s taking time off.
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Or tell Vanity Fair, either one.
I don’t think the crash diets have given him the genetics he was born with to be honest
Seriously?
2-3% of the population is fecking loads of folk though?
A teeny bit.
That’s horrible, must be a proper head feck.
He seems like a great bloke, not that you’d want someone to get this news if they weren’t of course. Hope nothing comes of it.
He seems like a great bloke, not that you’d want someone to get this news if they weren’t of course. Hope nothing comes of it.
I dunno, if it was James Corden…
Fecking awful for him. I’m not sure I’d ever go for that test to be honest - the absolute headfeck of knowing it was more likely would mess me right up.
Alzheiners robbed my dad of his last 20 years and robbed me of my dad. If I discovered I was predisposed to it, and obviously if I could afford to, I'd do exactly the same as CH.
I stand corrected.
Would you like to know stuff like this so you could adjust or would you prefer to plod along?
Is dementia increasing as life expectancy increases?
Is dementia increasing as life expectancy increases?
Know in advance for sure. People take life and health for granted until shit comes along and they regret many things they’ve neglected.
Yeah, that's true. But maybe it could just stress you out or bring about fatalism that might be more damaging to your psyche. I'm not sure. Hemsworth, from the glimpses of him seems a pretty chilled and clean living chap, (for arguments sake lets pretend that's true) so I'm not sure overall if the stress of the news would outweigh any positive changes. Although that's all guesswork, from a position of ignorance on pretty much all aspects of the discussion.
A lot of actors are on some kinda gear, but Hemsworth isn't a particularly big fella. It's rather unlikely he abuses steroids considering how small he is. The bloke that plays captain america looks more "thor-like".
I'd want to know. Seeing how it ate my dad up from as young as 59, I remember one day we were watching summat on TV and in moments of lucidity he would often start sentences with 'I wish I'd ...'
He was always gearing up for retirement but never really got one. If by knowing I could dodge some of his genuine sadness I would.
Nope. There are a bunch of different causes of dementia. Alzheimer’s is just one of them. But it tends to affect you earlier and be more severe. Many of us (but not all) may get some form of dementia if we live long enough but not necessarily Alzheimer’s. Even in over 70s, the incidence of dementia doesn’t get much higher than 1 in 10 people.
I am a few episodes into that documentary series and it's brilliant. Hemsworth seems like such a good guy. Getting that news must be devastating, especially for a guy as into longevity as he is.
Amen, I tell my doctor to keep those test results to himself.
I had one of these tests done when the google owned test still did health factors. I've got one of the pair which is 4 times as much risk but still very small overall. Even teo was low until you get into your 80s
No real family history of it mind you. Guess if you did it would make a big difference.
No real family history of it mind you. Guess if you did it would make a big difference.
It's already the biggest killer in the UK as it overtook heart disease a few years ago. It's also the biggest drain on the NHS and Social care and is only increasing year on year due to people living longer.