Neurologist Mateo Diez talks to MEH about Alzheimer’s disease, its evolution and the biological clock.
BurgosNews Editorial Board
02/28/2024 – 19:35.
The incidence of this disease depends on age, and its manifestations in the last decades of life are exponential, which becomes increasingly higher with increasing life expectancy; This has already become a “new epidemic” of Western society.
Dr. Mateo Diez Lopez is a neuroscientist who studies brain evolution and its associated diseases. On Thursday, June 29, at 20:15, admission is free, he will give a presentation at the MEZ on the topic “Alzheimer.” Facing a New Paradigm: the Biological Clock.” He is director of the Department of Polio and Post-Polio Syndrome Studies at the University of Burgos. His experience working in nursing homes has made him very aware of the evolution of Alzheimer’s disease and the attention it requires from caregivers and family members, as well as how the disease can be delayed.
The scientific community is sensitive to the clinical, familial, social and economic impact that Alzheimer’s disease has on the world. He has been closely involved in numerous trials and studies that have yet to produce the expected results, following the disappointment of recent clinical trials; New paradigms are now emerging to understand this painful disease.