The Nation - News from May 22, 1985

The son of a victim of Alzheimer’s disease asked a House committee for increased federal research into the disease, saying the baby boom generation may also create an Alzheimer’s boom before long. “Depending on the success of research funded now . . . there may be 4 million cases of Alzheimer’s by the year 2000,” said James Strong of Oakland. That contrasts with an estimated 2.5 million current victims, whose care costs an estimated $34 billion a year, Strong said.