America's Frightening Alzheimer's Epidemic

One in eight Americans who are 65 years old or older has Alzheimer's disease, according to the Alzheimer's Association's 2008 Facts and Figures Report (www.alz.org). By 2030, due to the aging of our population, that number will have doubled to one in four. There's no cure, and no certain evidence that the current medications -- Aricept, Exelon, Razadyne and Namenda -- which are said to slow the course of the disease, really work. Recent studies pitting ... Full Story »

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by Ann Wilmer - Oct. 1, 2008

When submitting the story, I tagged it "Health" but for a specific category I had to select "other" because there was no category for Alzheimer's, dementia or even eldercare issues. This story, which interweaves expert sources with personal observation, covers a topic that the media is NOT covering adequately in comparison to the potential it has to impact the U.S. population. Uncovering important, underreported stories is good journalism in my book.

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