Abstract
The prevalence of cognitive disorders and dementia increases with age and represents a high cost to society and health services. Some authors have suggested an ongoing process that leads from the cognitive impairments to dementia, with a presentation few symptoms on the former and a full clinical form in the latter, as the two extremes of a continuun. Early identification and management of risks or protective factors seems the right way to prevent their presence. Clinicians must promoting healthy behavior as a preventing strategy.
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