For the first time in the Kingdom, Alzheimer's disease was diagnosed in a 70-year-old dementia patient using a beta-amyloid positron imaging scan
According to the World Health Organization, it is estimated that more than 55 million people suffer from dementia in the world, and this number is expected to double in the next 20 years.
What is unexpected to everyone is that dementia is one of the leading causes of death around the world.
Alzheimer's disease in particular is the most common type of dementia.
Therefore, early diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease helps the patient and his family environment and provides him with the necessary treatments.
