Let’s Make World Alzheimer’s Day World Cognitive Reserve’s Day

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 21, 2010

Today is World Alzheimer’s Day. To raise aware­ness and funds, asso­ci­a­tions world­wide orga­nize mul­ti­ple activ­i­ties includ­ing impor­tant Mem­o­ry Walks, and a new report helps quan­ti­fy the grow­ing per­son­al and eco­nom­ic bur­den of the dis­ease. Among the report find­ings: Close to 36 mil­lion peo­ple world­wide have demen­tia today Demen­tia care costs around 1 per­cent of the world’s gross…

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Alzheimer’s Disease: is our Healthcare System Ready?

By Alvaro Fernandez | September 21, 2009 |

In the midst of much health­care reform talk, not enough atten­tion seems focused on ensur­ing health­care sys­tems’ pre­pared­ness to deal with cog­ni­tive health issues ‑with Alzheimer’s Dis­ease as the most dra­mat­ic exam­­­ple- which are pre­dict­ed to grow giv­en aging pop­u­la­tion trends. Today is World Alzheimer’s Day, and the USA Today com­ments on a new report…

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