The United States Government spends 10 times more funding Cancer Research EVERY YEAR than it does funding Alzheimer's despite the fact that the cost of care for Alzheimer's is more than double of that of cancer and causes a similar amount of deaths per year as Cancer.
United States Government spends:
-$ 5 billion on Cancer Research
-$ 0.5 billion on Alzheimer's Research
Cost of Care:
-$100 billion for Cancer
-$200 billion for Alzheimer's
Deaths per year:
-550,000 for Cancer
-500,000 for Alzheimer's
Please watch this inspiring TED talk: http://www.ted.com/talks/samuel_cohen_alzheimer_s_is_not_normal_aging_an... in order to increase awareness and increase research funding.