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As Americans continue to live longer, Alzheimer's is quickly becoming the public health crisis of the 21st century. Today, an estimated 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's and as many 16 million will have it by 2050. This year, the total annual costs of care for people with Alzheimer's will be $172 billion and this will rise to more than $1 trillion by the mid-century, with Medicare costs soaring more than 600 percent and Medicaid costs increasing 400 percent. As the numbers suggest, the nation simply cannot afford an Alzheimer epidemic. Yet for every $25,000 the federal government spends on care for people living with Alzheimer's disease, it only spends $100 on Alzheimer's research. According to the Alzheimer's Association 2010 Alzheimer's Disease Facts & Figures:
- Alzheimer's disease is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States.
- From 2000 to 2006, deaths from Alzheimer's disease increased by 46.1 percent. Deaths from heart disease decreased by 11.1 percent, breast cancer deaths decreased by 2.6 percent, prostate cancer deaths decreased by 8.7 percent, stroke deaths decreased by 18.2 percent and HIV/AIDS deaths decreased by 16.3 percent.
- In 2009, nearly 11 million American family members and friends provided care for a person with Alzheimer's disease or other dementia. These caregivers provided 12.5 billion hours of unpaid care valued at $144 billion ? more than the federal government spends on Medicare and Medicaid combined for people with Alzheimer's and other dementias.
- Average per person Medicaid payments were 9 times higher; Medicare payments were 3 times higher, and private insurance payments were 26 percent higher for those with Alzheimer's and other dementias compared to those without these conditions.
Gender-specific omega-3 roles
The omenga-3 fatty acids EPA and DHA may have gender-specific effects on blood platelet aggregation, researchers in Australia have found. Read more: nutraingredients.com
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