Mental health has been included in the UN Sustainable Development Goals. However,
uncertainty exists about the extent to which the major social determinants of mental …

Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent cause of dementia, where the abnormal
accumulation of beta-amyloid (Aβ) and tau lead to neurodegeneration as well as loss of …

In India, increasing lifespan and decreasing fertility rates have resulted in a growing number
of older persons. By 2050, people over 60 years of age are predicted to constitute 19.1% of …

The prevalence of dementia varies substantially worldwide. This is partially attributed to the
lack of methodological uniformity among studies, including diagnostic criteria and different …

Recently, much attention has been drawn to the importance of the impact of infectious
disease on human cognition. Several theories have been proposed, to explain the cognitive …

Objetivo. Presentar una actualización de la información disponible de la epidemiología
descriptiva de la demencia y de sus principales subtipos. Desarrollo. A partir de una …

Illiterates represent a significant proportion of the world's population. Written language not
only plays a role in mediating cognition, but also extends our knowledge of the world. Two …

Abstract Across Latin American and Caribbean countries (LACs), the fight against dementia
faces pressing challenges, such as heterogeneity, diversity, political instability, and …

Population aging has been occurring as a global phenomenon with heterogeneous
consequences in both developed and developing countries. Neurodegenerative diseases …

Background Studies have shown that the prevalence of dementia in Latin America and the
Caribbean (LAC) may be higher than in high-income countries. Thus, we sought to …