Is Alzheimer's disease risk modifiable?

A Serrano-Pozo, JH Growdon - Journal of Alzheimer's disease, 2019 - content.iospress.com
Population-based clinic-pathological studies have established that the most common
pathological substrate of dementia in community-dwelling elderly people is mixed …

Risk factors and preventive interventions for Alzheimer disease: state of the science

ML Daviglus, BL Plassman, A Pirzada… - Archives of …, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Background Numerous studies have investigated risk factors for Alzheimer disease (AD).
However, at a recent National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference, an …

The epidemiology of Alzheimer's disease modifiable risk factors and prevention

XX Zhang, Y Tian, ZT Wang, YH Ma, L Tan… - The journal of prevention …, 2021 - Springer
Mild Alzheimer's disease is the leading cause of dementia, accounting for 50–70% of cases.
Alzheimer's disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disease, which affects daily life …

Modifiable risk factors for Alzheimer's disease

GA Edwards III, N Gamez, G Escobedo Jr… - Frontiers in aging …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Since first described in the early 1900s, Alzheimer's disease (AD) has risen exponentially in
prevalence and concern. Research still drives to understand the etiology and pathogenesis …

Modifiable risk factors in Alzheimer disease and related dementias: a review

R Litke, LC Garcharna, S Jiwani, J Neugroschl - Clinical therapeutics, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Purpose Although Alzheimer disease and related dementias (ADRDs) have long
been considered nonpreventable and even an inevitable consequence of aging, recent …

Alzheimer's disease prevention: from risk factors to early intervention

M Crous-Bou, C Minguillón, N Gramunt… - Alzheimer's research & …, 2017 - Springer
Due to the progressive aging of the population, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is becoming a
healthcare burden of epidemic proportions for which there is currently no cure …

Epidemiology of Alzheimer disease

C Reitz, C Brayne, R Mayeux - Nature Reviews Neurology, 2011 - nature.com
The global prevalence of dementia is estimated to be as high as 24 million, and is predicted
to double every 20 years through to 2040, leading to a costly burden of disease. Alzheimer …

Prevention of Alzheimer's disease: lessons learned and applied

JE Galvin - Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Alzheimer's disease (AD) affects more than 5 million Americans, with substantial
consequences for individuals with AD, families, and society in terms of morbidity, mortality …

Can we prevent Alzheimer's disease? Secondary “prevention” trials in Alzheimer's disease

MC Carrillo, HR Brashear, V Logovinsky, JM Ryan… - Alzheimer's & …, 2013 - Elsevier
Current research including the basic biology of Alzheimer's disease (AD) provides a
foundation to explore whether our current state of knowledge is sufficient to initiate …

Epidemiology of dementias and Alzheimer's disease

AL Sosa-Ortiz, I Acosta-Castillo, MJ Prince - Archives of medical research, 2012 - Elsevier
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Global population aging has been one of the defining
processes of the twentieth century, with profound economic, political and social …