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Do we know enough to begin prevention interventions for dementia?

Author(s) -

Rabins Peter V.

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

alzheimer's and dementia

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713

H-Index - 118

eISSN - 1552-5279

pISSN - 1552-5260

DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2007.01.006

Subject(s) - dementia , psychological intervention , medicine , diabetes mellitus , primary prevention , hyperlipidemia , gerontology , disease , vascular dementia , cognitive decline , incidence (geometry) , disease prevention , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , environmental health , optics , endocrinology , physics

This article reviews prior examples of successful prevention interventions and reviews whether comparable data are available to support a prevention campaign targeting later life cognitive decline and dementia. The evidence that risk factors for vascular disease—hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and diabetes mellitus—increase the incidence of dementia supports a prevention campaign now.

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