Alzheimer's “Prevention” vs. “Risk Reduction”: Transcending Semantics for Clinical Practice

Alzheimer's “Prevention” vs. “Risk Reduction”: Transcending Semantics for Clinical Practice

The terms “prevention” and “risk reduction” are often used interchangeably in medicine. There is considerable debate, however, over the use of these terms in describing interventions that aim to preserve cognitive health and/or delay disease progression of Alzheimer's disease (AD) for patients...

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Main Authors: John F. Hodes, Carlee I. Oakley, James H. O'Keefe, Peilin Lu, James E. Galvin, Nabeel Saif, Sonia Bellara, Aneela Rahman, Yakir Kaufman, Hollie Hristov, Tarek K. Rajji, Anne Marie Fosnacht Morgan, Smita Patel, David A. Merrill, Scott Kaiser, Josefina Meléndez-Cabrero, Juan A. Melendez, Robert Krikorian, Richard S. Isaacson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Neurology
Subjects:
Alzheimer's disease prevention
dementia prevention
risk reduction
precision medicine
primary prevention
secondary prevention
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fneur.2018.01179/full

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