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The prevention of dementia is of critical importance. The increasing population of high-risk older individuals will result in an increasing prevalence of dementia. Primary prevention of dementia and Alzheimer disease can take either a public health or high-risk preventive medicine approach. ⋯ There is a very high prevalence of subclinical cerebral infarction in older individuals. Specific treatments can prevent clinical disease such as stroke and coronary heart disease. Whether therapies will prevent some dementia can be determined.
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Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord · Jan 1996
Comment Comparative StudyDementia care at the end of life: empirical research and international collaboration.