Did you know….
The National Institutes of Health spends over $6 billion a year on cancer research, over $4 billion on heart disease research and over $3 billion on HIV/AIDS research. But it spends only $480 million on Alzheimer’s research. While passage of the recent omnibus bill will add another $100 million, we are still well below where we need to be.
President Obama made broad supportive comments regarding the nation’s priorities in innovation and federally-funded research in his State of the Union address last night, but we are disappointed that he did not take the opportunity to advance America’s internationally-recognized leadership in the global fight against Alzheimer’s.
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The Long and Winding Road... 
Thanks for making this easy, Ann. I don’t know why cancer research gets all the money–they’ve made almost no progress, but they still grab all the attention. I think there is more shame associated with Alzheimer’s, but I don’t get it.
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Definitely that stigma and shame still associated with Alzheimer’s and dementia; something we need to work toward eliminating sooner than later. Thanks for sharing, Elaine.
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Ann thank you for all the information on your blog. It is so helpful to me in many aspects of this journey. Tomorrow I will be heading to
Tallahassee to help my mom’s non-profit Share the Care, a group that provides services to caregivers, to lobby for funding from the state. Thank you for all the resources you provide; they are a huge blessing. Vina
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Vina – thank you for the kind words. You have no idea how much that means to me. I hope your meeting went well. Thanks for everything you are doing! ~Ann
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