Health Center - Caregiving

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Alzheimer's Disease: Prevention and Coping

by Pamela M. Peeke, MD, MPH

senior coupleUntil recently, preventing Alzheimer's disease seemed out of the reach of medical research. After all, if researchers couldn't tell us for sure what caused the disease, then how could they identify things that might prevent its development?

Well, by conducting well-designed population and clinical studies, it seems. The results are impressive and encouraging. Here are some of the major ones I think are worth highlighting: