Increase the Real Funding for Research.
Similar to the war on Cancer, Heart and Stroke and the fight on HIV/AIDS, Alzheimer’s researchers need billions of dollars for:
Early detection. It is now thought that Alzheimer’s may start up to 20 years before symptoms appear.
Slow the progression. Once symptoms start, there is no proven way to slow the progression, only to treat symptoms. It is truly the long goodbye.
Cure: the holy grail. Alzheimer’s is the only disease of the top 10 causes without a way to prevent, cure or slow the progression.
Without a cure in sight, it currently is costing Medicare and Medicaid $200 Billion/year which is projected to go to $1 Trillion in less than 40 years. This is on top of the care given by millions of unpaid care-givers. It is truly a family disease.