Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease affects half of all seniors 85 and older. It's a particularly cruel disease that affects not only the patients but also their families and others who may depend on them.

Did you know?

  • More than 350 new medicines have become available in the US since 1990
  • More than 1,000 additional new medicines are in development (including more than 50 for Alzheimer's disease and dementia)
  • One in three Americans knows someone with Alzheimer's
  • Alzheimer's strikes one in ten people over age 65 and about half of people over age 85

Reference

  1. Alzheimer's Association. Alzheimer's disease statistics. Available at: http://www.alz.org/aboutad/statistics.asp. Accessed November 15, 2006.