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The Alzheimer conundrum : entanglements of dementia and aging / Margaret Lock.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2013]Description: x, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780691149783 (hbk.) :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 362.196831 23
LOC classification:
  • RC523 .L63 2013
Summary: Due to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars being invested into medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. This book exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease through early detection of presymptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [277]-299 and index (pages [301]-310).

Due to rapidly aging populations, the number of people worldwide experiencing dementia is increasing and the projections are grim. Despite hundreds of millions of dollars being invested into medical research, no effective treatment has been discovered for Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia. This book exposes the predicaments embedded in current efforts to slow down or halt Alzheimer's disease through early detection of presymptomatic biological changes in healthy individuals.

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