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[What are the possibilities of preventing dementia?]
1Katedra geriatrie a gerontológie SPAM, NUTaRCH, Bratislava, Slovenská republika.
Vnitrni Lekarstvi
|May 6, 2003
Abstract:
Population ageing makes issue of dementia prevention very important. Measures used in prevention of other diseases are also effective in prevention of dementia. Incidence of vascular dementia is decreased by effective treatment of hypertension, diabetes and anticoagulatory treatment in patients with atrial fibrillation. Nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs and statins reduce incidence of Alzheimer's disease.