ICAD 2010: Detection may hold the key to treatment. International Conference on Alzheimer Disease (ICAD) 2010 Honolulu, HI, USA, 10–15 July 2010.

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James J Peters Veterans Administrations Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, 130 W. Kingsbridge Rd, Code 150 Rm 1F01, Bronx, NY 10468, USA.

Published: November 2010

AI Article Synopsis

  • The Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease took place from July 10-15 in Honolulu, with over 3,800 attendees and numerous presentations, including 1,700 posters and 200 oral talks.
  • The conference, initially organized in 1988 and managed by the Alzheimer's Association since 2000, focuses on both established themes and new research.
  • Key topics this year included validation of biomarkers, drug development, screening for cognitive decline, and new criteria proposals for Alzheimer's disease.

Article Abstract

The Alzheimer's Association International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease was held on July 10-15 in Honolulu (HI, USA). Over 3800 attendees participated, attending sessions that included more than 1700 posters and 200 oral presentations. The meeting, first organized in 1988 by Khalid Iqbal and Bengt Winblad, became an annual event in 2009, and under the current design includes not only well-established themes of interest, but investigator-initiated sessions also. The Alzheimer's Association started managing the conference in 2000 in partnership with the founders, and abstracts for the meeting are published in the association's journal, Alzheimer's & Dementia. Key themes of this year's conference included validation of biomarkers, drug development, the value of screening for cognitive loss and dementia and the proposal of a new criteria for Alzheimer's disease.

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