title: National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference statement: preventing alzheimer disease and cognitive decline.
abstract: The National Institute on Aging and the Office of Medical Applications of Research of the National Institutes of Health convened a State-of-the-Science Conference on 26-28 April 2010 to assess the available scientific evidence on prevention of cognitive decline and Alzheimer disease. This article provides the panel's assessment of the available evidence.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois 60611, USA.
authors.forename: Martha L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Daviglus
authors.forename: Carl C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Bell
authors.forename: Wade
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Berrettini
authors.forename: Phyllis E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Bowen
authors.forename: E Sander
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Connolly
authors.forename: Nancy Jean
authors.initials: NJ
authors.lastname: Cox
authors.forename: Jacqueline M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Dunbar-Jacob
authors.forename: Evelyn C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Granieri
authors.forename: Gail
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hunt
authors.forename: Kathleen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: McGarry
authors.forename: Dinesh
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Patel
authors.forename: Arnold L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Potosky
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Sanders-Bush
authors.forename: Donald
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Silberberg
authors.forename: Maurizio
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Trevisan
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000150:complications / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine; D006801:Humans; D012307:Risk Factors; D040242:Risk Reduction Behavior