STAT | Reporting from the frontiers of health and medicine Follow Opinion: STAT+: Dementia should be a campaign issue — not an insult STAT’s Neurotransmissions columnist Jason Karlawish asks: What are the harms of the way politicians talk about dementia? What should they say instead? https://www.statnews.com/2026/09/16/dementia-november-2026-midterm-elections-policy-privacy-caregivers-economy/ statnews.com