TARC Alzheimer's Research Director in Lubbock Selected for National Academy of Neuropsychology's Early Career Award PDF Print E-mail
10.09.2009 TARC Alzheimer's Research Director in Lubbock Selected for National Academy of Neuropsychology's Early Career Award
 




Alzheimer's Facts

From 2000-2006 death rates have declined for most major diseases – heart disease (-11.1 percent), breast cancer (-2.6 percent), prostate cancer (-8.7 percent), stroke (-18.2 percent) and HIV/AIDS (-16.3) while Alzheimer’s disease deaths rose 46.1 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.