What Can We Do to Prevent Alzheimer Disease?
A pilot study at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System investigates ways to prevent or slow dementia progression.
The GRECCs are at the forefront of understanding the causes of dementia and how to prevent it. This work will help the VA to develop more effective ways of reducing the public health burden of this disease.
Acknowledgments
The author wishes to thank Debby Tsuang, MD, Stephen Thielke, MD, and Julie Moorer, RN, for helpful feedback on the initial draft of this manuscript. The pilot project described was funded by VA VISN 20.
Author disclosures
The author reports no actual or potential conflicts of interest with regard to this article.
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