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Hope on the Horizon for Alzheimer's...

  Pic: external source By Deidamia Galan Saffer First, let’s understand what the Alzheimer is. It is considered as a progressive disease that affects memory among other mental functions. It wasn’t until 1976 when this condition was recognized as a type of dementia, although there is data on this disease for more than 100 years. Every year there are about 10 million new cases and in the entire world there are about 50 million people who suffer from neurocognitive disorder, "between 60% and 70% of the cases correspond to Alzheimer's disease" explains Dr. Awilda Candelario, neurologist at the San Martin Medical Group, in Dominican Republic. A Closer Look at Promising Discoveries: Fortunately, science has not stopped its research on detection, prevention and treatment actions for this disease. The specialist tells us that, among the most important advances today, is early diagnosis, which can be made through biomarkers, that is, biological molecules detected in the cerebrospi