This compelling text provides an overview of the available technology for early detection and therapeutic management of vascular risk factors to Alzheimer s before severe cognitive impairment symptoms appear. Chapters bring the reader from the trackless clinical research that has characterized Alzheimer s progress for the last 20 years, to a nexus of new ideas and concepts that can change our outlook of this dementia. In-depth examinations of various hypotheses, preventive measures, current and prospective treatments are openly and clearly explored. The author discusses in depth his proposal of the vascular hypothesis of Alzheimer s disease which has become a mother-lode for basic and clinical studies and a key approach to the prevention of this dementia.Alzheimer s Turning Point offers professionals, students and those looking to learn more about this disorder a fresh clinical perspective of this devastating disease.