"Alzheimer's Deaths Jump 55 Percent: CDC" - Steven Reinberg
Alzheimer's Deaths Jump 55 Percent: CDC - Steven Reinberg
As more baby boomers age, deaths from Alzheimer's disease have jumped 55 percent, and in a quarter of those cases the heavy burden of caregiving has fallen on loved ones, U.S. health officials report. The number of deaths from Alzheimer's will continue to climb, and the financial burden will eventually become untenable. "There has been an increased effort to list Alzheimer's disease rather than earlier traditions of listing only more proximate causes of death such as cardiac arrest," said Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, director of the Center for Cognitive Health at The Mount Sinai Hospital.
- Samuel Gandy, MD, PhD, Professor, Neurology, Psychiatry, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, Director, Mount Sinai Center for Cognitive Health, Associate Director, Mount Sinai Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Director, NFL Neurological Care Program at The Mount Sinai Hospital
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