February 2017
Nothing is more heartbreaking than a brain disease that makes you lose your close relationships and control over life, and sometimes even your identity. Alzheimer’s disease is one of the most dreaded diseases, and unfortunately it’s common, affecting more than 5 million Americans. What’s even more alarming is that the rate of Alzheimer’s disease in our elderly population is rapidly growing, because more and more people in the USA , and throughout the world, are living into their 80s, 90s, and beyond.
To read Brain Health Registry founder Dr. Michael Weiner’s full article discussing the challenges ahead in Alzheimer’s research and his plan to include more people in helping to find treatments, please click here.