Alzheimer's: What Is the Value of Knowing Early: A View Across Five Countries

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The Forum at the School of Public Health

Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, affects millions of people around the world. This Forum event examined the results of a new poll conducted by the Harvard School of Public Health and Alzheimer Europe on perception and awareness of the disease among residents in the U.S., Germany, France, Spain and Poland -- and their views on the value of diagnosis. This event was presented in collaboration with Reuters and was part of the Andelot Series on Current Science Controversies.

July 22, 2011

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