San Antonio de los Baños, Artemisa, Cuba - The Medical Sciences Faculty in Artemisa province hosted the second course on Alzheimer's disease and other memory disorders. The event was aimed to doctors, psychologists, nurses and researchers with work profiles concerning the issue under the slogan Alzheimer, a challenge for the world.

Al the meeting attended 20 prestigious scientists from research centers of the west and members of the Provincial Seminary of Community Care and memory disorders based in San Antonio de los Baños. This second course promoted the exchange of experiences in research related to this major health problem worldwide which is known as the epidemic of the 21st century.

The Master of Science Dr. Saily Sosa Perez stressed that without been a genetic or infectious disease Alzheimer itself behaves like an epidemic, with an exponential increase in the number of patients per year worldwide.