{"id":3629,"date":"2024-09-11T19:14:27","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/?page_id=3629"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:26:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T19:26:48","slug":"important-to-increase-awareness-world-alzheimers-month","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/important-to-increase-awareness-world-alzheimers-month\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Important to increase awareness\u2019: World Alzheimer\u2019s Month"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"3629\" class=\"elementor elementor-3629\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7e1e1b9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7e1e1b9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-de01758\" data-id=\"de01758\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3723c74 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3723c74\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-3632\" alt=\"Dr. Paolo Vitali at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies on Aging on Aug. 19th, 2024. (Credit: Pamela Pagano, CityNews)\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-225x150.jpg 225w, https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-272x182.jpg 272w, https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/Dr.-Paolo-Vitali-Neurologist-1024x683-1.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Dr. Paolo Vitali at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies on Aging on Aug. 19th, 2024. (Credit: Pamela Pagano, CityNews)<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f988694 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f988694\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.16.0 - 20-09-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>While it is usually normal, excessive memory slips might be a sign of dementia \u2014 a disease that <strong>hundreds of thousands<\/strong> of Canadians are living with.<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p><p>This is why <strong>World Alzheimer\u2019s Month<\/strong> is observed globally every <strong>September<\/strong> \u2014 a time reserved to raise awareness.<\/p><p>&#8230;<\/p><p>\u201c<em>It\u2019s very important to increase awareness of Alzheimer\u2019s disease in the Canadian population,<\/em>\u201d said neurologist, Dr. Paolo Vitali. \u201c<em>It\u2019s really a disease that affects a lot of people, unfortunately&#8230; I think it\u2019s important for me and for professionals working in this field to help people recognize the first symptoms<\/em>,\u201d he added. \u201c<em>And to treat them appropriately as soon as possible.<\/em>\u201d<\/p><p>Check the full interview on the <a href=\"https:\/\/montreal.citynews.ca\/2024\/09\/04\/sept-world-alzheimers-month\/\">CityNews website<\/a>!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr. Paolo Vitali at the McGill University Research Centre for Studies on Aging on Aug. 19th, 2024. (Credit: Pamela Pagano, CityNews) While it is usually normal, excessive memory slips might be a sign of dementia \u2014 a disease that hundreds of thousands of Canadians are living with. &#8230; This is why World Alzheimer\u2019s Month is [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3629"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3636,"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3629\/revisions\/3636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mcsa.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}