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Brain doctor
Professor James Hall,
Ph.D., helps study
Alzheimer’s disease at
UNT Health Science
Center in Fort Worth.
“Alzheimer’s
disease is, in
my opinion,
the biggest
health care
crisis facing our
country today
due to the
tremendous
patient,
caregiver
and societal
burden.”
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pressure, could one day quickly diagnose Alzheimer’s
disease and be an especially important tool for geriatric medicine.
“Alzheimer’s disease is, in my opinion, the biggest
health care crisis facing our country today due to the
tremendous patient, caregiver and societal burden,”
O’Bryant said.
How important is this research?
Considering 10 percent of Texas’ population is over
65 and about 333,000 are over 85, with 340,000 suffering from Alzheimer’s disease, the third highest in the
nation, it’s really, really important. For the thousands
of families across the country and around the w ܛ