web-BRAIN-nar hosts live and on-demand webcasts on neurocognitive disorders related to Alzheimer’s disease and of vascular origin. We aim to serve the needs of the health care professionals specifically in, but not limited to, Asia. We hope web-BRAIN-nar can be a channel to disseminate knowledge and promotes dialogue among the target audience.

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What is the most pragmatic and easy-to-use assessment scale for diagnosing MCI?

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May 22 2019 2:47:10


Difficult to say, but probably the Montreal Cognitive Assessment (MoCA) is more sensitive and has higher specificity than the MMSE, which additionally should be used.

Does addressing the cognitive impairment and behavioral & psychological symptoms with EGb 761® helps to delay the progression to dementia?

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May 22 2019 2:47:10


There is a clear hint in the literature that if you treat the early symptomatology then you can delay the symptoms of the disease, and so it has somewhat disease modifying properties. So, in this case it slows down the progression to dementia and of course the patient also has lower symptomatology with better quality of life and does not destroy his relationship with relatives and friends.

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