From angles of causes and pathogenetic mechanism, the progress of researching Alzheimer′s dementia(AD) in recent 10 years was summarized.

综述了近10余年来，老年性痴呆的病因和发病机制的中西医研究进展。

youdao

They were followed for four years, during which 183 of the participants developed Alzheimer 's and 98 developed some other dementia.

他们跟踪了四年，在这期间有183的被研究对象得了老人痴呆症，还有98个人得了其他的痴呆病。

youdao

Researchers discovered that people whose brains have higher levels of leptin are less likely to suffer from Alzheimer's or other forms of dementia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

"And if it shrinks more, it puts you at higher risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's."

VOA: standard.2009.12.30

Alzheimer's is the most common ," puzzles form of dementia.

VOA: standard.2009.12.04

In general, cholinesterase inhibitors have shown some benefit for patients with vascular dementia, those with mixed Alzheimer's and vascular dementia, patients with the disease known as "dementia with Lewy bodies, " and dementia from Parkinson's disease.

CNN: Better understanding of dementia leading to more effective therapies

The proportion of men caring for relatives with Alzheimer's or dementia, for example, doubled -- from 19% to 40% -- from 1996 to 2009.

CNN: Extend family leave to all workers

Originally developed by Microsoft Research in Cambridge, England, the technology has been licensed to Oxford-based Vicon, which will produce a version for Alzheimer's and dementia researchers by the year's end and a consumer version in 2010.

CNN: Privacy is dead, and social media hold smoking gun