Today, nearly 7 million Americans are currently living with Alzheimer’s — a number expected to increase to nearly 13 million by 2050, including 112,500 in South Carolina. Without medical breakthroughs, this number is projected to rise.
By increasing funding for Alzheimer’s and dementia research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) by an additional $113.485 million and supporting the dementia public health infrastructure with $35 million for BOLD, Congressman Ralph Norman has the opportunity to provide millions of Americans like me with a sense of hope.
With this funding, scientists will be able to build on this momentum and continue working to advance basic disease knowledge, explore ways to reduce risk, uncover new biomarkers for early diagnosis and drug targeting, and make discoveries that can lead to a treatment or a cure.
I witnessed the devastating impact of this disease firsthand when my Mimi was diagnosed with Alzheimer's in 2015. Over the following two years, I watched as it gradually took her from us. No family should ever have to endure that kind of loss.
Please join me and the Alzheimer’s Association in encouraging Congressman Ralph Norman to lead in the fight to end Alzheimer’s and other dementia by supporting critical research funding and the dementia public health infrastructure. To learn more go to alz.org. #ENDALZ
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