Utah Alzheimer’s Association to sponsor legislative advocacy day By Patty Henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jan 13, 2012 04:29PM MDT A resolution that would guide Utah through a staggering increase in the number of state residents with Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias likely will be passed in the upcoming ... continue reading
We follow up on our recent Alzheimer’s series by examining the expected dramatic increase in the number of patient cases, and what preparation and planning is being done.
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Preparing For An Alzheimer’s ‘Tsunami’
TUESDAY, April 19 (HealthDay News) — The first new guidelines in 27 years for the diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease could double the number of Americans defined as having the brain-robbing illness.
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Physician says Alzheimer’s could bankrupt Utah By patty henetz The Salt Lake Tribune Published Jun 3, 2011 07:15PM MDT The cost of Alzheimer’s disease care threatens to bankrupt Utah unless the state prepares itself for when the number of residents who have the brain illness more than doubles, a University ... continue reading
Recently the number of genes known to be associated with Alzheimer’s disease has increased from four to eight, including the MS4A gene cluster on chromosome 11. New research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal Genome Medicine has expanded on this using a genome-wide association study (GWAS) to find a ... continue reading