Unpacking the U.S. POINTER Study

Dementia Matters by Wisconsin Alzheimer‘s Disease Research Center

Apr 15, 202643:59Science & Medicine

The U.S. POINTER study is one of the first large-scale, randomized controlled clinical trials to focus on how lifestyle interventions impact dementia risk and cognitive decline. On a special bonus episode of Dementia Mat...

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