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Update on Alzheimer's Disease: One Hundred Years After Dr. Alois Alzheimer

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 November 2014

Jeffrey L. Cummings
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Alzheimer's disease was first described by Alois Alzheimer in 1906, and first appeared in the medical literature in 1907. The medical community has been ruminating about Alzheimer's disease for over 100 years, and only recently have Alzheimer's disease therapies begun to emerge. However, many vital questions remain, pertinent not only to physicians but to the public at large. For example, how likely is it that a particular individual will develop Alzheimer's disease? What can one do to avoid getting Alzheimer's disease? What are the current and promising treatments for Alzheimer's disease? While there are grey areas, the Alzheimer's disease field is beginning to find solid answers to these questions. There are risk factors that individuals can control, and emerging treatments are cause for optimism.

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Expert Roundtable Supplement
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CNS Spectrums , Volume 13 , Issue S2: Creativity and Dementia: Emerging Diagnostic and Treatment Methods for Alzheimer's Disease , February 2008 , pp. 4 - 6
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2008

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