“memory lapsesare necessarily synonymous withAlzheimer’s“.”The Depressioncan be one of the symptoms of the disease”. Here are some of the questions on which you can test your knowledge of a neurodegenerative disease which affects nearly 900,000 French people.
Alzheimer’s disease is the subject of numerous publications by many researchers who study how to prevent the cognitive decline characteristic of this pathology. The foundation for medical research provides a quiz available on its site in the run-up to World Alzheimer’s Day (September 21).
Unknown prevention factors
Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by impairment of short-term memory, executive functions and orientation in time and space. If this memory loss is relatively well known to the general public, ways to prevent this cognitive decline are less mastered by the French.
A recent Ifop study for the Observatoire des Mémoires underlined that the French are well aware that physical activity can help prevent illness.
On the other hand, few mention the importance of a healthy diet.
D-14 before World Alzheimer’s Day. We count on you ! #WorldAlzheimerDay
— France Alzheimer (@FranceAlzheimer) September 7, 2016
Another observation, nearly one in three French people consider Alzheimer’s disease to be a “fatality”.
In France, 225,000 people are diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease each year, ie 1 new case every 3 minutes.
To take the quiz, click here: https://www.frm.org/alzheimer/quiz.html
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— The Medical World (@medical_le) September 13, 2016
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— France Alzheimer (@FranceAlzheimer) September 5, 2016
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