Today is World Alzheimer's Day.
According to the 2009 World Alzheimer's Report, newly released today from Alzheimer's Disease International (ADI), there are 35 million people with Alzheimer's or another dementia.
There are 5.3 million Americans with Alzheimer's
There are 10 million Alzheimer caregivers.
There are 35 million people with Alzheimer's around the world.
There are 78 million US baby boomers who will be impacted by Alzheimer's disease.
There is a $148 billion annual societal cost to our nation when it comes to Alzheimer's patient care.
The US government invests $428 million dollars in Alzheimer research as compared to $6 billion for cancer, $4 billion for heart disease and $3 billion for HIV/AIDS.
FYI
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