Diagnosing dementia
痴呆症的诊断
Advance warning
病情恶化预警
How to detect Alzheimer s before symptoms appear-if you are a woman
作为一名女性,如何在症状出现前诊断阿尔茨海默氏症
ALZHEIMER S disease has no cure.
阿尔茨海默氏症目前尚无法治愈。
There are, however, five drugs-known and approved-that can slow down the development ofits symptoms.
然而,有五种已知并获批准的药物能减缓其症状的恶化。
The earlier such drugs are administered, the better.
这些药物越早使用,效果越佳。
Unfortunately, the disease is usually first noticed when people complain to their doctors ofmemory problems.
遗憾的是,该疾病一般在病人向医生抱怨自己记忆力出了问题时才第一次被察觉。
That is normally too late for the drugs to do much good.
通常在这种情况下,药物的最佳治疗时机已过。
A simple and reliable test for Alzheimer s that can be administered to everybody over theage of about 65, before memory-loss sets in, would therefore be useful.
因此,只有找到一种能在65岁以上人群记忆力衰退前检测该病的简单、可靠的方法,才能真正收到疗效。
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