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Alzheimer’s Stocks Are a Stealth Opportunity
Investorplace.com
Throw in the fact that the dementia and Alzheimer’s epidemic is expected to explode within the foreseeable future, and what you have something more than investment-worthy. The $64,000 question is, which stocks are the best Alzheimer’s stocks?

Could diabetes drug slow Alzheimer’s?
BBC News
Dementia is already a significant global issue, and cases are predicted to rise from 44 million to 135 million by 2050 – a reflection of the growing and ageing global population. It is thought to cost the global economy £370bn ($604bn) each year and …

ITV’s This Morning host Ruth Langsford tells why Alzheimer’s disease is her …
Daily Mail
For confidential advice, information and support, call Alzheimer’s Society’s National Dementia Helpline on 0300 222 11 22. The service is open Monday to Friday and at weekends, with trained advisers who understand the needs of people affected by …

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Alzheimer’s breakthrough offers real hope to sufferers
Channel 4 News (blog)
Ahead this week’s dementia summit, King’s College London reserachers have told Channel 4 News they have made what they call a significant advance in developing a blood test which could detect Alzheimer’s, even before clinical symptoms appear.
Dementia Researchers Call for G-8 to Focus on PreventionBloomberg
Dementia Researchers Urge Prevention to Cut Global Health CostBusinessweek
Dementia: Five priorities for researchBBC News
PoliticalNews.me (press release) –Australian Life Scientist –Irish Independent
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Alzheimer’s: Stop trying to cure Alzheimer’s – and prevent it instead: One of …
Daily Mail
Tomorrow, the G8 summit on dementia opens in London, to develop a co-ordinated global action plan for tackling Alzheimer’s. I’m one of the organisers of a statement, signed by more than 100 leading international dementia experts from 36 countries, that …

Bristol Alzheimer’s charity Brace believes dementia summit is a major step in …
Bristol Post
The chief executive of a Bristol Alzheimer’s research charity believes the forthcoming G8 summit on dementia is a major step forward in the global fight against the illness. Speaking ahead of Wednesday’s meeting Brace’s Mark Poarch said the historic …

Call to increase Alzheimer’s research after charity claims they are decades …
Daily Mail
… slow the impact of dementia. An Alzheimer’s Society spokesman said: ‘Just as president (Richard) Nixon galvanised the world in 1971 with his war on cancer with the National Cancer Act, the charity calls for similar action to tackle the global …
Government cuts: Dementia research under threat over lack of fundingMirror.co.uk
The forgotten condition: Video shows dementia treatments fall a generation …Alzheimer’s Society

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Government cuts: Dementia research under threat over lack of funding
Mirror.co.uk
… work into dementia is being threatened by a critical lack of funding. Several projects are threatened with closure and dedicated scientists may be forced to quit because they cannot generate a regular living wage, charity Alzheimer’s Research UK …
Call to increase Alzheimer’s research after charity claims they are decades …Daily Mail
The forgotten condition: Video shows dementia treatments fall a generation …Alzheimer’s Society

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Dementia research decades behind cancer says charity
Scotsman
… slow the impact of dementia. An Alzheimer’s Society spokesman said: “Just as president [Richard] Nixon galvanised the world in 1971 with his war on cancer with the National Cancer Act, the charity calls for similar action to tackle the global …
Government cuts: Dementia research under threat over lack of fundingMirror.co.uk
Keeping dementia at bay: columnWausau Daily Herald

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Dementia Cases to Triple, Hitting 135 Million by 2050 – Alzheimer’s Charity …
Highlight Press
Confirmed cases of dementia are predicted to increase 300% by the year 2050, a worrying new report claims. According to Alzheimer’s Disease International, the number of people living with dementia today stands at 44 million – a figure that will triple …
Alzheimer’s burden shifts to low- and middle-income countriesUPI.com
Global Burden of Dementia Underestimated: ReportMedscape
Monthly jab to prevent Alzheimer’s in five yearsFinancial Express
Business Recorder –Guardian Express –RedOrbit
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