Many Baby Boomers Face Alzheimer’s

A new report predicts that an estimated 10 million American baby boomers will develop Alzheimer’s disease in their lifetime, placing strains on the U.S. health-care system and the already burdened network of caregivers. Currently, there are  least 5.2 million Americans that suffer from Alzheimer’s, including 200,000 to 250,000 people under age 65. By 2010, projections say there will be 500,000 new cases of the mind-wasting disease each year, and nearly one million new cases annually by 2050, the report estimates.

The report , released Tuesday by the Alzheimer’s Association, also notes that the disease is now the seventh deadliest in the nation and that women are at greater risk than men.

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