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Karlawish, Jason, author.

The problem of Alzheimer's : how science, culture, and politics turned a rare disease into a crisis and what we can do about it / Jason Karlawish.

First edition.

New York : St. Martin's Press, 2021.

viii, 324 pages ; 25 cm

"In 2019, 5.8 million Americans had Alzheimer's, and more than half a million will die of Alzheimer's disease dementia. 16 million caregivers are responsible for paying as much as half of the $226 billion annual costs of their care. As more people live beyond their seventies and eighties, the number of patients will rise to an estimated 13.8 million by 2025. Part case studies, part meditation on the past, present, and future of the disease, [this book] traces Alzheimer's disease from its discovery and tells the story of the biomedical breakthroughs that may allow it to finally be prevented and treated by medicine"-- Provided by publisher.

Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease -- History.

Alzheimer's disease -- Treatment.

Alzheimer Disease

Delivery of Health Care

Caregivers

Bioethical Issues

Psychosocial Support Systems

Case Reports

Includes bibliographical references (pages 309-314) and index.

A peculiar disease of the cerebral cortex -- No one says no to Len Kurland -- Accurate, but not presumptuous -- The Olympics of pharmacokinetics -- The republic of Alzheimer's disease -- A young man in a hurry -- How do you cast a broken brain? -- The old woman in the tower -- Alois Alzheimer : an unwitting revolutionary -- Oblivion, or, War and madness -- The essay heard round the world -- A self-help group for the self-made man -- A crisis in the family -- Last casualties of the Cold War -- Hope in a pill -- The extraordinary ordinary -- A correction -- Discernment -- Some things to watch over us -- Not (legally) dead yet -- Targeting amyloid -- Hope in a plan -- Something must be working -- Existential dread -- Caring for each other -- The worlds we create -- The worlds we end.

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