The Journal of Internal Medicine recently published an editorial, “Alzheimer’s disease in primary care: new tools for improved and simplified diagnostics,” by H. Zetterberg and E. Stomrud, that gives high praise to our own Dr. Liss. Liss and his colleagues participated in the paper “Practical Recommendations for Timely, Accurate Diagnosis of Symptomatic Alzheimer’s Disease (MCI and Dementia) in Primary Care: A Review and Synthesis,” which was published in mid-January in the same journal. Zetterberg and Stomrud call the paper a “must-read for any clinician caring for patients in mid- to late-adult life in general practice, as well as decision-makers in primary healthcare systems and memory clinics.”[1]
Zetterberg and Stomrud emphasize the need for treatments to end the or slow the progression of diseases such as Alzheimer’s or Dementia and with several treatments currently in trial there is hope for future care, accessibility, and early detection through the fine tuning of diagnostic tools. The authors stress the importance of early detection by primary care. With the numbers at risk for developing memory impairing diseases, Zetterberg and Stomrud mull over the possibility that a “subspecialized primary care physicians and nurses”[2] will take over diagnosis and initial care .
Read more of this glowing review and informative editorial on the Journal of Internal Medicine’s website here:
https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/joim.13249
[1] Stomrud, E., and H. Zetterberg. “Alzheimer’s disease in primary care: new tools for Improved and simplified diagnostics.” Journal of Internal Medicine, 2021.
[2] Ibid.
