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The medical field has always struggled with inevitability because its primary mission is to prevent or delay death. This fact creates an internal tension and can impact and shape many aspects of medicine from diagnosis to therapeutic approaches. Historically, the struggle with inevitability found fertile ground within certain human diseases, some of which are now affecting an ever-growing number of individuals. The first example that comes to my mind relates to cardiovascular

Often when we think about an individual with dementia, a condition characterized by a significant decrease in memory skills and cognitive abilities, we think about someone who is typically an older adult of 65 or more, and most likely affected by a chronic neurodegenerative condition such as Alzheimer’s disease. Surprisingly, this is not always the case since children and adolescents can also be affected by progressive cognitive decline, learning and memory problems (aka deme

The research landscape of Alzheimer's disease has changed, the future is at hand. A future when early diagnosis is going to be a routine process. A time when we could know a decade or two in advance if an individual will develop Alzheimer's disease or other forms of dementia. A future when we can immediately and proactively intervene with therapies and other strategies targeting modifiable risk factors. A future when an early diagnosis is not for “giving up” but for “acting o