The Center for Healthy Aging, the College of Nursing, and the Geroscience & Dementia Prevention Consortium are sponsoring an Aging Research and Training Colloquium on Thursday, February 29th at the Bennett Pierce Living Center.
There is growing evidence that cognitive decline and dementia can be slowed. According to a recent report commissioned by the Lancet, an estimated 40% of dementia cases could be prevented or delayed by targeting modifiable behavioral, physical health, and psychosocial risk factors. There are also new drug therapies being created, behavioral interventions, and other areas that have shown promise in research. The problem is time. As of now, there is an emphasis on clinical trials that have endpoints primarily in later-stage disease and are unlikely to respond to preventive therapeutics and interventions.