Alzheimer’s: up to 40% of cases are preventable
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Early detection of Alzheimer's disease is critical if patients are to receive timely and appropriate care and potential treatments and preventive measures are to be used to the best possible effect. Scientists have so far identified several important risk factors that may trigger or accelerate dementia. Up to 40% of cases could be prevented by avoiding these risk factors, explains dementia researcher Elisabeth Stögmann from MedUni Vienna. World Alzheimer's Day will take place on 21 September. Alzheimer's disease is the most prevalent form of dementia. It is a neurodegenerative disease in which specific neuropathological changes, such as the accumulation of amyloid-beta plaques and neurofibrillary tangles (TAU proteins) in the brain, lead to progressive loss of neurons and their synaptic connections. This results in worsening cognitive decline.
