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Methods
This research is mainly performed by the reference to a series of studies conducted in
various countries which includes the Dominican Republic which are reflected in the
Internet, books, newspaper articles and magazines.
Results
The results obtained in this research are reflected in various prejudices that are made
to prevent the disease and if you have already the ways on how to treat people with
this condition. As well as statistical data and results of clinical trials conducted are
also provided.
Conclusion
The importance of this research is to demonstrate with relevant data the importance
of this disease and how to simply challenge your mind throughout their lives either by
reading, writing or games are less likely to have disease.
keywords
and the advancement of science are asked to find causes and cures .
The Dominicans have a three times higher rate of Alzheimer's disease than other
groups living in the community of Washington Heights , New York , says a preliminary
report of a study carried out among that ethnic group in the United States and its
relatives travelers. The data is contained in an article by Columbia University Medical
Center, which reports on the study of 350 families with a total of 1,800 people, half of
whom had Alzheimer 's disease .
Preliminary results of the study have begun to worry the Dominican community in
Washington Heights.
" The Dominicans have a rate three times higher Alzheimer compared with other
ethnic groups ," says the publication.
The preliminary study described the Dominican community as a relatively
homogeneous population and a similar pattern of life. Members of a Dominican family
living outside though , are in constant contact, even after immigrating to the United
States.
Human groups that have been studied are the Hispanic Caribbean , northern
Europeans and African Americans.
When consulted , the neurologist said Eduardo Yermenos no figures about the
population suffering from a disease associated with aging.
In the research project is linked to the medical center at the University of Columbia.
The investigation was initiated in 1994 by Dr. Mayeux , who had the motivation to
observe elderly located in the northeast of Manhattan , where predominantly Hispanic
neighborhoods .
" The Dominican population is very concerned about the frequent increase of the
disease and its cooperation to gather information, have been of great help to form
the basis of the study ," said the information contained in the publication of Columbia
University.
Such is the concern of researchers, who have moved to the Dominican Republic to
focus on the New York borough to investigate the data itself.
Currently science studies the causes of Alzheimer late .
It is known that the disease affects 4.5 million Americans and is characterized by an
early or late onset of memory loss .
Most cases of the disease are beginning early genetic type and are caused by a genetic
mutation . The late start is responsible for 90 percent of Alzheimer's cases and affects
people over 65 years old.
Although the country lacks reliable statistics , neurologists believe that 12 percent of
the population suffers from Alzheimer's.
In Manhattan out investigations of human groups that seem more likely to suffer
strokes are also carried .
Dr. Daysi Dominican Acosta , president of the World Association of Alzheimer alerted
by its nature highly disabling and expensive , patients with this evil should be covered
by the social security system .
According to the Dominican Alzheimer Association , the country has between 400 and
500 thousand people with Alzheimer's or dementia , a figure which , they warned , is
growing and has a high cost to the families of these patients.
This represents about five of every 100 people of the Dominican population .
According to the American Association of Alzheimer's, this is a chronic , long- term ,
degenerative disease of the brain - cells - neurons , progressive and even unknown
origin, whose high social impact, both in the patient and primary caregiver family
demands the immediate attention of health systems in the world.
The world is facing a public health emergency and social care and need immediate
action, European experts say .
The Dominican Association, founded 17 years ago , is chaired by Dr. Sonia Evelia
Pagan.
disease if the benefits of treatment are applied early enough, before symptoms
appear ," he said .
Alzheimer's is a neurodegenerative disease that primarily affects older adults . Its
main symptom is memory loss that degenerates into dementia.
The researchers asked 65 healthy adults, cognitively normal older than 60 , to
indicate the frequency with which they participated in mental activities such as
reading books or newspapers , writing letters or email.
The questions focused on various points in life from age 6 to the present.
Participants took part in a set of comprehensive measures to assess memory and other
cognitive functions and underwent brain scans and a test designed at Berkeley Lab
developed to visualize the amyloid neuropsychological tests.
The researchers compared the results of the scans of healthy individuals with those of
10 patients diagnosed with Alzheimer 's disease and 11 healthy people aged 20 years
and found a significant association between higher levels of cognitive activity over a
lifetime and about beta amyloid low . levels
"This is the first time cognitive activity level is related to the accumulation of amyloid
in the brain ," said Susan Landau, researcher Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute and
the Berkeley Lab (California ) .
"The accumulation of amyloid probably starts many years before symptoms appear ,"
he said . "The time for intervention may be much sooner, which is why we are trying
to identify whether lifestyle factors might be related to early changes ."
Around 250 experts in different dementias have gathered at the Annual Conference of
Alzheimer's Research , sponsored by the Alzheimer 's Research UK organization , to
discuss the latest advances in prevention and treatment .
Alzheimer's disease , which causes progressive loss of memory and other mental
abilities, is the most common dementia and affects 820,000 people in the UK ,
representing an annual cost of 23 million pounds ( 27.4 million euros ) .
According to biologist and researcher Eef Hogervorst of Loughborough University
( central England ) , strategies to prevent this disease should be applied even before
birth .
Hogervorst , an expert on the influence of environmental factors during the growth
stage in the subsequent development of dementia , stressed " the need for a
preventive approach that encompasses all life ."
For this research , best measures to prevent Alzheimer's is that they are also good for
the heart : stop smoking , healthy eating and avoid alcohol , which benefit especially
to women.
Staying physically active and mentally has a preventive effect of this disease,
although carried out in later life , Hogervorst said during this event , the most
important being held in the UK on these neurodegenerative diseases.
Other experts also spoke Selina Wray , a researcher at Alzheimer 's Research UK, who
presented his study stem cells to decipher the evolution of an inherited form of
frontotemporal dementia, which causes aggression and personality disorders in
patients under 60 years.
According to Wray, in the progress of this disease plays an important role of tau
protein, previous studies showed that it is also partly responsible for the onset of
Alzheimer's .
By studying stem cells, Wray hopes to get more details on this protein that becomes
toxic when frontotemporal dementia arises , as well as the molecular processes
involved .
"If we understand what causes the death of nerve cells as the disease progresses , we
begin to find ways to stop it when it has already started ," Wray said.
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