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Alzheimer’s Facts and Statistics for 2019: Everything You Need to Know
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The 2019 Alzheimer’s Disease Facts and Figures Report reveals that one in 10 Americans age 65 or older have Alzheimer’s disease. While researchers look for an Alzheimer’s cure, the Alzheimer’s Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) recently awarded $3.5 million to researchers focused on promising early-detection Alzheimer’s tests ranging from blood tests to eye tests that can diagnose Alzheimer’s early and affordably. The latest Alzheimer’s disease facts and statistics illustrate why researchers are determined to find a cure or halt the disease’s progression. Ahead, some interesting facts about Alzheimer’s, and your guide to the most common questions.
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Please participate in this survey
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On 15 April 2019, ADI launched a global survey on attitudes around dementia. This is the most important survey you can complete this year and we need you to spread the word.
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Dolphins and Alzheimer’s
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A Dozen Dolphins Have Beached Themselves, Showing The Deadly Hallmark of Alzheimer’s
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Alzheimer’s brings the government together
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The political parties are united when the topic is fighting Alzheimer’s
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Benefits of a bracelet for people with dementia
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L.A. Found, equips potential wanderers with trackable bracelets that, when activated by search crews, transmit a radio signal to handheld receivers placed in several Sheriff’s Department cruisers and helicopters. The battery-operated bracelets are available to anyone with Alzheimer’s disease, dementia or autism.
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800% increase in alzheimer’s in latinos in Chicago
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Researchers do not fully understand why older Latino and black adults are at increased risk for Alzheimer’s disease. Genetics, level of education, coincidence of chronic disease, like diabetes, and stress are all suspected factors, as is an inactive lifestyle and poor nutrition.
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Star Trek potential this cure!
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Death rate from Alzheimer’s has increased 55% over 15 years
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Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, affects about 5.5 million Americans – a number that’s expected to balloon to 13.8 million by 2050.
As the incidence of people living with the neurodegenerative disease has gone up, the death rate has as well.
Between 1999 and 2014, the rate of deaths related to Alzheimer’s in the US increased 55 percent, to 25.4 deaths per 100,000 people, according to data released Friday from the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
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A Global Plan on Dementia has been adopted by the WHO, this is a big deal!
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Let’s MOVE with the Alzheimer’s research
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Researchers urge FDA to lower the bar — a little — on Alzheimer’s drug approvals
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Alzheimer’s Association seeks volunteer community educators
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Becoming a community educator for the Alzheimer’s Association will allow you to help local families who are seeking information about Alzheimer’s disease and dementia. Knowledge is power, and community educators are key to helping the organization touch the lives of more families across Wisconsin.
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The future may not be so grim
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According to The Scientific American:
“A Rare Success against Alzheimer’s,” by researchers Miia Kivipelto and Krister Håkansson, the future may not be quite so grim. In fact, studies show that reducing the risk of Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia may include factors as simple as “good diet, exercise, an active social life and the achievement of higher educational levels.”
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Never before seen images of early stage Alzheimer’s disease
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Researchers have used the MAX IV synchrotron in Lund – the strongest of its kind in the world – to produce images that predate the formation of toxic clumps of beta-amyloid, the protein believed to be at the root of Alzheimer’s disease.
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Every 66 seconds an american is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s
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Forget all our wars and conflicts, let’s focus on what really kills lots of people!
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Alzheimer’s a global problem needs a global plan
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Now there is a draft global plan to fight Alzheimer’s. Could all government heads please pay attention and do something with this? Non partisan, all for the good of the world!
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Sometimes you get lucky with an Alzheimer’s diagnoses
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Like the people in this story who were falsely told they had Alzheimer’s at a very young age.
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Alzheimer’s drug makes your teeth grow?
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Fillings could be consigned to history after scientists discovered that a drug already trialled in Alzheimer’s patients can encourage tooth regrowth and repair cavities.
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Alzheimer’s could cost jobs
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No this is not about people losing their jobs due to developing Alzheimer’s, this is a link to the story about employees from the research companies possibly losing their jobs as a result of failed trials.
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Pictures of Alzheimer’s
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Great story in the Huffington Post about a photographer who captured Alzheimer in all it facets in pictures,
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A teenager wants to cure Alzheimer’s
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This should go viral, 8 year old working to fight Alzheimer’s
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What a lovely story if it had not such a sad beginning. Here is an eight-year-old who works to get Alzheimer’s under control.
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Tool not to loose the Alzheimer’s patient
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September is Alzheimer’s Awareness Month
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Alzheimer’s a blessing?
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Charles Ogletree, author, activist and Harvard law professor, who taught both Barack and Michelle Obama, revealed that he has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease but that it has been a “blessing.”
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Legislation proposed for Alzheimer’s training
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See how Alzheimer’s affects the whole family
Alzheimer’s in Virtual Reality
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You can now try the first VR app on android to experience how Alzheimer’s would look and feel!
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Lunch and music help for Alzheimer’s
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June is Alzheimer’s awareness month
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We send you some tips on how to participate in the link for today.
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Alzheimer’s maybe caused by fighting off infections
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Alzheimer’s may result from the brain’s effort to fight off infections. While that hypothesis is controversial and highly speculative at this point, it could dramatically alter the way researchers and doctors work to treat and prevent the degenerative disease.
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