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SUMMARY:Living Long and Living Well: Changing  Prospects for Prevention of
  Alzheimer's Disease and Late Life Dementias\, 2014 - Prof. Eric Larson\, 
  Group Health Research Institute\, Medicine and Health Services\, Universi
 ty of Washington
DTSTART:20141016T121000Z
DTEND:20141016T130000Z
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CONTACT:Felice Torrisi
DESCRIPTION:Alzheimer's disease and late life dementias have gained tremen
 dous attention in the past 30-40 years. As more and more persons have aged
  into late life\, awareness has increased and there have been many changes
  in our understanding of brain aging and aging in general.   Aging is comp
 lex\, in part because of the increasing variability in how people age and 
 especially the multiple conditions which occur commonly in old age.   Ther
 e is demographic evidence that senescence is being postponed\, even though
  overall the numbers of people entering the age of frailty and dependence 
 is increasing.  Likewise\,  even though the absolute numbers of persons wi
 th  Alzheimer's' disease and Late in life dementias are increasing overall
  in the population\,  recent research  suggests that there may already be 
 some postponement of the onset of the disease based on decreases in incide
 nce and prevalence rates\, which suggests prevention may already be occurr
 ing.  Most importantly\, research advances leading to better understanding
  of brain aging\,  Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative process
 es support an optimistic view of the prospects for prevention of these dre
 aded conditions.   The demographic bulge known as the Baby Boomers has the
  potential to change the next epoch of their generation - aging\, especial
 ly given that more and more will live into late life ages of 85 and beyond
 .  This seminar will review prospects for prevention of Alzheimer's diseas
 e and other late life dementias.  Our vision is that  the reward for livin
 g a long life need not be prolonged periods of living with dementia and de
 pendency\, a state people dread\, but rather preservation of brain functio
 n and well-being even into very old age.
LOCATION:1 Newnham Terrace\, Darwin College
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