Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's disease affects half of all seniors 85 and older. It's a particularly cruel disease that affects not only the patients but also their families and others who may depend on them.

Did you know?

• More than 350 new medicines have become available in the US since 1990
• More than 1,000 additional new medicines are in development (including more than 50 for Alzheimer's disease and dementia)
• One in three Americans knows someone with Alzheimer's
• Alzheimer's strikes one in ten people over age 65 and about half of people over age 85

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