From Mild Cognitive Impairment to Alzheimer’s 

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How can we predict who will progress to Alzheimer’s from mild cognitive impairment. Image for illustration purposes
How can we predict who will progress to Alzheimer’s from mild cognitive impairment. Image for illustration purposes

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  • Dementia affects more than 55 million people worldwide, costing around $1.3 trillion per year.
  • The most common form of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, affects up to 70% of these people.
  • New treatments are most effective if started early in the progression of the disease, but diagnosis is difficult at this stage as early symptoms are often dismissed as normal changes due to aging.
  • Now, a new study has developed a deep learning framework that can identify the risk of progressing from mild cognitive impairment to Alzheimer’s.

In 2019, according to the Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors StudyTrusted Source, an estimated 57.4 million people worldwide had dementia.

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