Prevention Strategies - Integrated Topics

Additional Insights from ICAD 2009

Vienna, July 13, 2009 Many well educated people are not aware of the risk factors for Alzheimer's disease.

In a U of Connecticut study of well educated adults awareness of risk factors for Alzheimer's disease, they found more than 500 respondents from the US, England, Canada and Ireland, generally showed a lack of awareness of the importance of obesity, high blood pressure, and stress as risk factors for Alzheimer's and a less than expected awareness of the value of exercise as a protective factor, to reduce the risk for AD.