Tomorrow, February 15th, I will attend the State of Alzheimer's Disease Address at the KU Research Center with special presentation by Dr. Richard J. Hodes, Dir of the National Institutes on Aging. I look forward to hearing about the progress made in research and the work toward increasing funding to date. On May 14, 2015, during his address to the US Senate regarding Biomed Research and NIH funding, Senator Jerry Moran, shared our family's story with our mother's Dementia / Alzheimer's. While you will gain context by listening to his introduction, our story is at approximately, 3:40.
http://www.c-span.org/video/?c4537808/senator-jerry-moran-speaks-alzheimers-disease
Take 3 minutes to educate yourself and better understand the disease process. This YouTube video by the Alzheimer's Association is hands down the best! It can be found at this link: "What is Alzheimer's Disease?" https://youtu.be/9Wv9jrk-gXc
And for my data friends - these numbers will get you geeked up!
FACT: Impacting more than 5 million Americans with approximately 500,000 people dying each year, Alzheimer's is the 6th leading cause of death and is the only one of the Top 10 killers, that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed.
The following facts are shared to provide comparative perspective. All diseases deserve appropriate funding and awareness:
As of 2014, he NIH spends $3 billion a year on AIDS research. Alzheimer’s, which affects more than five times as many American’s, receives just under $500 million a year.
2/3 Almost two-thirds of American with Alzheimer’s are women. In her 60s, a women’s estimated lifetime risk for developing Alzheimer’s is 1 in 6. For breast cancer it’s 1 in 11.
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