AD Rising Storm

Is the Rising Storm of Alzheimer's Disease Stoppable?

Zaven Khachaturian, PhD, on the surprisingly strong prospects for conquering this scourge

by Zaven S. Khachaturian, PhDDecember 30, 2018Current forecasts indicate that a looming tidal wave of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is inevitable. If the ongoing trend in the escalating numbers of people touched by this disease continues unabated, this global public-health problem is destined to be the major contributor of the future insolvency of healthcare financing systems, e.g., Medicare. Therefore, this blog will describe the 40-year struggle to grapple with the dilemma and the important milestones achieved in the efforts to address it.