National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference statement: preventing alzheimer disease and cognitive decline

Martha L Daviglus; Carl C Bell; Wade Berrettini; Phyllis E Bowen; E Sander Connolly Jr; Nancy Jean Cox; Jacqueline M Dunbar-Jacob; Evelyn C Granieri; Gail Hunt; Kathleen McGarry; Dinesh Patel; Arnold L Potosky; Elaine Sanders-Bush; Donald Silberberg; Maurizio Trevisan

doi:10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00260

National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference statement: preventing alzheimer disease and cognitive decline

Ann Intern Med. 2010 Aug 3;153(3):176-81. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00260. Epub 2010 Jun 14.

Authors

Martha L Daviglus¹, Carl C Bell, Wade Berrettini, Phyllis E Bowen, E Sander Connolly Jr, Nancy Jean Cox, Jacqueline M Dunbar-Jacob, Evelyn C Granieri, Gail Hunt, Kathleen McGarry, Dinesh Patel, Arnold L Potosky, Elaine Sanders-Bush, Donald Silberberg, Maurizio Trevisan

Affiliation

¹ Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.

PMID: 20547888
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-153-3-201008030-00260

Abstract

The National Institute on Aging and the Office of Medical Applications of Research of the National Institutes of Health convened a State-of-the-Science Conference on 26-28 April 2010 to assess the available scientific evidence on prevention of cognitive decline and Alzheimer disease. This article provides the panel's assessment of the available evidence.

Publication types

Consensus Development Conference, NIH
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

Aged
Alzheimer Disease / complications
Alzheimer Disease / etiology
Alzheimer Disease / prevention & control*
Cognition Disorders / etiology
Cognition Disorders / prevention & control*
Cognition Disorders / therapy
Evidence-Based Medicine
Humans
Risk Factors
Risk Reduction Behavior