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LA MALADIE D'ALZHEIMER - DIAGNOSTIC, TRAITEMENT, RECHERCHE, PRÉVENTION (Nouvelle édition refondue): Alzheimer's Disease: Diagnosis, Treatment,
Research, Prevention (New revised edition)
TEN YEARS AFTER THIS COMPREHENSIVE GUIDE TO ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE WAS ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED, MORE THAN 40 PERCENT OF THE CONTENT HAS NOW BEEN UPDATED IN THIS NEWLY REVISED EDITION TO KEEP READERS ABREAST OF ALL THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
DESCRIPTION
Dr. Judes Poirier and Dr. Serge Gauthier have extensively updated their best-selling title Alzheimer's Disease: The Complete Introduction in response both to new breakthroughs and resounding failures in harmaceutical research. Embracing a broader (Canada-Europe) perspective, this new edition sheds light on all the latest medical and scientific developments - and setbacks - in Alzheimer's research as well as what we now know about causes and treatments, plus a number of scientifically validated strategies and lifestyle hanges to help prevent or slow the onset of symptoms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Alzheimer's Disease in the Retired Baby-Boomer Era
Chapter 1. Professor Alois Alzheimer: A Scientist with Heart
Chapter 2. A Disease of Epidemic Proportions
Chapter 3. Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 4. The Natural Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 5. Current Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 6. More Than a Hundred Years of Research into the Possible Causes
of Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 7. Everyday Risk and Protective Factors
Chapter 8. The Shape of Things to Come, or Medical Research in the Years Ahead
Chapter 9. The Major Decisions to Be Made Over the Course of Alzheimer's Disease
Conclusion: More Than a Hundred Years of Progress and Hope
Dr. Judes Poirier, PhD, is a professor of medicine and psychiatry at McGill University and director of the molecular neurobiology unit at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. His pioneering work in biomedical research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease has earned him several prestigious awards.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is a professor of neurology and neurosurgery, psychiatry and medicine at McGill University. He has been a researcher at the Montreal Neurological Hospital, director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, and research chair in the Canadian Institutes for Health Research program.
Dr. Judes Poirier and Dr. Serge Gauthier have extensively updated their best-selling title Alzheimer's Disease: The Complete Introduction in response both to new breakthroughs and resounding failures in harmaceutical research. Embracing a broader (Canada-Europe) perspective, this new edition sheds light on all the latest medical and scientific developments - and setbacks - in Alzheimer's research as well as what we now know about causes and treatments, plus a number of scientifically validated strategies and lifestyle hanges to help prevent or slow the onset of symptoms.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction: Alzheimer's Disease in the Retired Baby-Boomer Era
Chapter 1. Professor Alois Alzheimer: A Scientist with Heart
Chapter 2. A Disease of Epidemic Proportions
Chapter 3. Diagnosing Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 4. The Natural Progression of Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 5. Current Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 6. More Than a Hundred Years of Research into the Possible Causes
of Alzheimer's Disease
Chapter 7. Everyday Risk and Protective Factors
Chapter 8. The Shape of Things to Come, or Medical Research in the Years Ahead
Chapter 9. The Major Decisions to Be Made Over the Course of Alzheimer's Disease
Conclusion: More Than a Hundred Years of Progress and Hope
Dr. Judes Poirier, PhD, is a professor of medicine and psychiatry at McGill University and director of the molecular neurobiology unit at the Douglas Mental Health University Institute. His pioneering work in biomedical research into the causes and treatments of Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease has earned him several prestigious awards.
Dr. Serge Gauthier is a professor of neurology and neurosurgery, psychiatry and medicine at McGill University. He has been a researcher at the Montreal Neurological Hospital, director of the McGill Centre for Studies in Aging, and research chair in the Canadian Institutes for Health Research program.
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