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Studies from Tohoku University, Medical Department have provided new data on dementia

Published in Physician Law Weekly, October 1st, 2008

According to recent research published in the Tohoku Journal of Experimental Medicine, "The borderline condition between normal aging and dementia is a major issue of concern for health policy planning because of an early intervention for possible prevention of dementia. Since 1988, the author has been involved in a community-based program on stroke, dementia, and bed-confinement prevention in Tajiri, northern Japan (the Osaki-Tajiri Project)."

"As a part of the project, a cross-sectional study of aged patients with mild cognitive impairment in Tajiri was undertaken to investigate the clinical features of the condition, in addition to a longitudinal study to...

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