Curing Alzheimer’s in America

Curing Alzheimer’s in America
Music therapist Heather Davidson (L) greets Kathy McCullough (R) as she leads a drum circle with patients with Alzheimer's disease at the Copper Ridge Care Center in Sykesville, Maryland, on Oct. 23, 2009. Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images
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Imagine waking up one morning and not knowing whether you’re in your own home, let alone your hometown. The faces around you are unfamiliar, and you don’t know who to ask for help—or what to say.

This is a daily reality for more than 5.7 million Americans. These people suffer from Alzheimer’s disease, a debilitating, ultimately fatal chronic condition that destroys nerve cells in the brain. Currently, there is no cure.

Kenneth Thorpe
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