The launch of the World Wide FINGERS network—a research initiative to prevent or delay the onset of cognitive decline—on July 19, 2017, at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference (AAIC) was promising news. The risk of Alzheimer's disease (AD), the most common form of dementia, is in a large part modulated by genetics, but prevalence is decreasing in many high-income countries; hence, modifiable risk factors are also at work. Identifying and tackling these factors is an urgent research priority, for which the network is a step in the right direction.

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为痴呆症的一级预防指明道路

2017年7月19日，在阿尔茨海默氏症协会国际会议（AAIC）上启动了“全球手指网络”（一项旨在预防或延迟认知功能减退的研究计划），这是一个令人鼓舞的消息。痴呆症最常见的形式是阿尔茨海默氏病（AD）的风险在很大程度上受到遗传因素的控制，但在许多高收入国家中，其患病率正在降低。因此，可修改的风险因素也在起作用。识别和解决这些因素是当务之急，网络是朝着正确方向迈出的一步。