Tag: National Institute of Health
A New Drug to Prevent Alzheimer’s?
By on May 17, 2012
We’re still far from a cure to Alzheimer’s disease, the most common cause of dementia, but the last few years have seen several promising breakthroughs in our understanding of the illness. For example, Alzheimer’s can now be diagnosed with a routine spinal tap, while ten years ago it could only be identified post-mortem. Similarly, significant…
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Alzheimer’s Research Budget for 2013 Questioned at Senate Hearing
By on April 9, 2012
It became clear at the Senate hearing that discussed the National Institute of Health’s (NIH) 2013 budget, that the $80 million proposed earlier this year by President Obama for Alzheimer’s research may not actually be going to that cause. With the government mission to cure Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 and the growing aging baby boomer…
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