12th International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease (ICAD), Vienna, Austria

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21 July 2009. In like a lamb, out like a lion. It’s a full season too late for this variation on the March weather proverb, but hopefully our generous readers will forgive their roving reporter for bending it anyway, because starting meekly and finishing with a roar is exactly what the Alzheimer’s Association’s 12th International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease (ICAD) did when it unfolded in Vienna 11-16 July. And it is not about changing weather, either. All week, the Austrian capital bathed meeting attendees in sparkling sunshine (which seemed to seduce many into sneaking off for daytrips into this beautiful city as attendance seemed a bit sparse at times, but no names shall be named). No, the scientific program started with humbling reports of the failure – abject and otherwise – of the latest round of clinical trials. The program continued with confirmatory studies on the ability of exercise, a heart-healthy diet, and modest drinking while one is cognitively healthy, to modify on

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