Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is neurodegenerative disorder common among elderly involving deficits in memory and cognition. There has been a long history of research and medical practice in AD worldwide, during which different facts came into light. During recent decades with new technologies being integrated, progress has been made in finding new genes responsible for AD, but diagnosis and treatme...

The recent review article by Franchini and Mannucci [1] concerning the effects of the evolution of mankind on haemostatic balance through the observed increased prothrombotic risk among Caucasian populations compared to the Afro-Asiatic ones [2, 3] opens another window on the fascinating interaction between the adaptation of mankind and present human health (or modern diseases). It is already w...