First International Symposium on Alzheimer's Disease

第一届阿尔茨海默病国际研讨会

• 批准号: 6318452
• 负责人: ROBERT PAUL FRIEDLAND
• 金额: $ 1万
• 依托单位: CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2001
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2001-05-01 至 2002-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6318452
• 关键词: Alzheimer's disease; Arabs; Jewish; culture; international health /scientific organization; meeting /conference /symposium

DESCRIPTION (From the application): Alzheimer's disease is a major health problem and the leading cause of dementia in the Americas and Europe. Although there has been little work on dementia in the Middle East, there is evidence from our studies in Arabs residing in Israel that Alzheimer's disease has an extraordinarily high prevalence in Arabs (20% over 60, 60% over 85 years of age). This high prevalence is over three times higher than in other population, even after correcting for the effects of age, gender and education. This is an important issue because of the progressive aging of the populations of the Middle East as we enter the 21 st century. Public awareness of dementia in the Middle East is low, and many cases do not receive medical attention. The goals of this Symposium are to focus attention on neurodegenerative disorders of the aged in the Middle East, to raise scientific, medical and social, awareness of these disorders, and to enhance communication between Arab and Jewish medical and scientific personnel. It is anticipated that the meeting will lead to other studies of the disease in Middle East populations an area with unique features valuable for research, including a high rate of consanguinity, high fat diet and smoking. A target audience of clinicians, scientists, nurses, social workers, representatives of government and other agencies, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies will attend the meeting to be held in Cyprus, April 18 and 19, 2001. Attendees will be from Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and other Arab States as well as From Israel, Europe, and North America. Topics to be covered include dementia basic science, diagnosis, history, management and treatment, and ethics, with consideration of unique cultural traditions in Arab and Jewish populations.

描述（来自应用程序）：阿尔茨海默病是一种主要的健康 在美洲和欧洲，这是痴呆症的主要原因。虽然 有证据表明，在中东， 根据我们对居住在以色列的阿拉伯人的研究， 阿拉伯人的患病率非常高（60岁以上20%，85岁以上60%）， 年龄）。这种高流行率是其他国家的三倍多。 即使在校正年龄、性别和 教育这是一个重要的问题，因为 在我们进入21世纪的时候，公众认识 在中东，痴呆症的发病率很低，许多病例没有得到医疗救助。 关注本次研讨会的目标是集中注意力在 中东老年人的神经退行性疾病，以提高 科学，医学和社会，对这些疾病的认识，并加强 阿拉伯和犹太医学和科学人员之间的交流。是 预计这次会议将导致对这种疾病的其他研究， 中东地区人口众多，具有独特的研究价值， 包括近亲结婚率高、高脂肪饮食和吸烟。目标 临床医生、科学家、护士、社会工作者、 政府和其他机构，制药和生物技术公司将 出席将于二○ ○一年四月十八日及十九日在塞浦路斯举行的会议。与会者将 来自埃及、沙特阿拉伯、约旦和其他阿拉伯国家以及来自 以色列、欧洲和北美。将涵盖的主题包括痴呆症基本 科学，诊断，历史，管理和治疗，以及道德， 考虑到阿拉伯人和犹太人独特的文化传统。