Issue |
OCL
Volume 25, Number 4, July-August 2018
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Article Number | D402 | |
Number of page(s) | 3 | |
Section | Lipids & Brain IV: Lipids in Alzheimer’s Disease / Lipids & Brain IV : les lipides dans la maladie d’Alzheimer | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/ocl/2018037 | |
Published online | 26 June 2018 |
Review
Alzheimer in the City
Alzheimer dans la Cité
INSERM U 1219, Bordeaux Population Health, Université de Bordeaux,
146 rue Léo Saignat,
33076
Bordeaux, France
* Correspondence: jean-francois.dartigues@u-bordeaux.fr
Received:
6
June
2018
Accepted:
15
June
2018
Alzheimer’s disease was described in 1906, but it was only in 1987 that it was recognized as a public health problem with the actions of patient family associations. Despite successive Alzheimer plans, it remains a neglected and under-diagnosed disease. The lack of curative treatment and a clash of views between general practitioners and specialists explain these findings. Paradoxically, despite this neglect, Alzheimer’s disease is receding in the city. This is the proof that prevention is possible.
Résumé
La maladie d’Alzheimer a été décrite en 1906, mais c’est seulement en 1987 qu’elle a été reconnue comme problème de santé publique sous l’impulsion des associations de familles de malades. Malgré les plans Alzheimer successifs elle reste une maladie négligée et sous-diagnostiquée. L’absence de traitement curatif et une opposition de conception entre généralistes et spécialistes expliquent ces constatations. Paradoxalement, malgré cette négligence la maladie d’Alzheimer recule dans la Cité. C’est la preuve que la prévention est possible.
Key words: Alzheimer’s disease / epidemiology / recourse to care / secular trends
Mots clés : maladie d’Alzheimer / épidémiologie / recours aux soins / tendances séculaires
© J.-F. Dartigues, Published by EDP Sciences, 2018
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