Jason Karlawish: What next for Alzheimer's disease?
There has been "spectacular" progress in recent years in the understanding and treatment of Alzheimer's. The progressive disease, which is the most common cause of dementia, a late-in-life decline in memory and cognitive ability, afflicts 50 million people around the world. Taking family members and other carers into account, that number increases exponentially. The condition, for which there is currently no cure, amounts to a modern day crisis, for all involved. In this epi...