Yesterday morning (Tuesday, May 15, 2012), the United States government officially launched a national plan to address widespread Alzheimer's disease.
They will begin by funding an initial prevention study in higher-risk patients and tests on an insulin nasal spray that has shown significant promise in earlier, private studies.
Yup, nasal spray.
The trials, funded by grants of $16 million and $7.9 million respectively, are initial steps in the National Alzheimer's Plan, a sweeping effort to find an effective way to prevent or treat Alzheimer's by 2025 and improve the care of those already afflicted with the brain-wasting disease.Funding for this ambitious causal campaign come from the $50 million pool the Obama administration has allocated for the National Alzheimer's Plan for fiscal 2012. An additional $100 million has been reserved for fiscal 2013. That pool includes $80 million for research, $4.2 million for public awareness, $4 million for provider education, $10.5 million in caregiver support, and $1.3 million to improve data collection. Designed to address every aspect of the Alzheimer's Disease, the plan includes development of new training for doctors, a public education campaign, including TV advertisements and a website -- www.alzheimers.gov -- to help families and advocates locate services and support. The plan called for in the National Alzheimer's Project Act signed by President Barack Obama last year, and drafted by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), reflects the input of 3,600 people or organizations. So, in short, this is a very big deal...to a ton of people. This could quite possibly, by 2025, change humanity as we know it.
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Let us know how you feel about this significant advancement in the c-section.
SCREAM @ ME!!!
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