Behind the Alzheimer’s Cure Headlines

Date

Jan 19th, 2008 1:27pm

Author

Eric Schubert

Category

Every 72 seconds another person gets Alzheimer’s. No surprise that baby boomers list it as one of their biggest concerns about growing older. You might have seen the recent headlines about a potential Alzheimer’s cure reported in the United Kingdom. Here’s a quick summary: An 81-year-old man was injected with arthritis drug (Etanercept) and within 10-minutes, his memory came back to the utter amazement of his family. It was fabulous news, and if you heard it, you might have wondered, why didn’t it get more headlines in the coming days? You wouldn’t be alone. The devil is in the details. Trisha Torrey, who blogs at Every Patient’s Advocate, provides some great context on this story and goes behind the headlines as does this article by the British Broadcasting System.