The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) last week issued the final draft of an ambitious plan to improve the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and find a method to prevent it by 2025.
The plan was the product of the National Alzheimer’s Project Act, signed last year by President Obama. The administration has announced that it will devote $156 million over two years to the plan, but much of that funding remains uncertain.
In conjunction with release of the plan, HHS launched a website (alzheimers.gov) with information for patients and families.
Also, Francis Collins, director of the National Institutes for Health, announced two research grants—one to study a nasal spray being developed to improve brain function, and the other to test a new medication that might prevent the disease.
Monday, May 21, 2012