Alzheimer's Disease

Alzheimer's disease currently affects one in 10 people over age 65 and nearly half of those over age 85.
More than 19 million Americans say they have a family member with the disease, and 37 million say they know somebody affected with Alzheimer's.
In the United States, the average lifetime cost per Alzheimer patient is US$174,000. (These figures are from the U.S. Alzheimer's Association).

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For news reports, archived back to October 2000, go to Alzheimer's news

The news section is indexed both chronologically and by subject. I don't pretend it is exhaustive - I select those items that seem interesting.

Links to national organizations that offer support

Disclaimer:
This section began as an offshoot of my gathering of news items about memory. I am not a medical expert. My background is in psychology. The information I have gathered here should not be taken as providing any advice.

Resources:

For information about Alzheimer's, see the Alzheimer's Disease Education and Referral (ADEAR) Center's website (www.alzheimers.org). ADEAR is run by the National Institute on Aging (one of the US Government's National Institutes of Health).

Other useful resources include:

The Alzheimer Research Forum: "A scientific knowledge base on Alzheimer disease, with research news, expert commentaries, and databases for peer-reviewed articles, drugs, research reagents, grants, jobs, conferences, and more."
www.alzforum.org

Cognitive Neurology and Alzheimer's Disease Center at Northwestern University
http://www.brain.northwestern.edu/mdad/index.html

Medline Plus
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/alzheimersdisease.html