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Research is making really big step, we all hope for a cure of this and other plague that are ruining our lives. I often ask myself if the nature of the disease
by hackandtrip 8y ago
Research is making really big step, we all hope for a cure of this and other plague that are ruining our lives.
I often ask myself if the nature of the disease itself make it even worse: AIDS was the worst in its age, people went in streets asking for a cure, now we made huge steps, the same it's happening with cancer, but Alz make everything different: the sick can't make his voice heard, he has no knowledge of what's happening, family, with an enormous economic sacrifice, try to take care of the sick, and their voices become silent.
I'm seeing this for the second time in my family and I can say that I can fully understand who rely in special clinics - Switzerland is famous for this - to stop their life once the disease make them not self-sufficient. A nice view of this situation is given by "Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die".
- melling 8y agoVery little is spent on Alzheimer’s research compared to other diseases: https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2015/alzheimers-research.html https://www.aarp.org/health/brain-health/info-2015/alzheimer... I suppose if we made more of an effort now, we’d make considerable progress in 10-20 years.
- hackandtrip 8y agoAbsolutely; I don't know what type of effort we could do though. I think that sharing stats like these [0] can help. "Scaring" people with numbers can be a path. [0] https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures https://www.alz.org/alzheimers-dementia/facts-figures
- asveikau 8y agoHmm, a while ago I was looking into medical research nonprofits accepting donations and one of them I gave to was Alzheimer's Association. No family history here, was just feeling altruistic about helping out for various causes. Seeing your comment makes me feel good that this is one of the ones I chose. https://alz.org https://alz.org if anyone else is so inclined.
- equalunique 8y agoMaybe a sign of positive change? I have noticed Alzheimers disease lately getting more attention from the US legislative body, via C-SPAN: From March 23, 2018: https://www.c-span.org/video/?442595-4/washington-journal-dr-keith-fargo-discusses-alzheimers-disease https://www.c-span.org/video/?442595-4/washington-journal-dr... From June 19, 2018: https://www.c-span.org/video/?447278-1/marcia-gay-harden-testifies-senate-hearing-alzheimers-disease https://www.c-span.org/video/?447278-1/marcia-gay-harden-tes...