Coalition Develops Guidelines For Alzheimer’s Diagnosis, Care
The Alzheimer’s Disease Clinical Roundtable was scheduled to present its findings from the past 18 months to the San Diego County Board of Supervisors and local doctor groups on Tuesday.
The San Diego Union-Tribune:
New Alzheimer's Plan Seeks Care Transformation
Today there are not enough neurologists, geriatricians and psychologists to care for the estimated 5.1 million Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s disease — a number projected to reach 7.1 million by 2025. This means that family doctors often end up diagnosing and treating the devastating neurodegenerative disease and related forms of dementia alongside myriad other conditions that arrive in their exam rooms daily. (Sisson, 2/29)
In other public health news, scientists find a link between Zika and Guillain-Barre syndrome —
The Los Angeles Times:
Zika's Link To Guillain-Barre Syndrome Revealed
During a seven-month outbreak of Zika virus infection that ended in April 2014, health officials in French Polynesia noticed an uptick in the number of patients showing up at hospitals with a rare but dangerous constellation of symptoms known as Guillain-Barre syndrome. (Healy, 2/29)