Alzheimer's 'Epidemic' Hitting Minorities Hardest

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The idiot conservatives would have us believe in death squads before the inevitable cancer, dementia, or faith based terror.
The facts are that we are on the the way to preventing most, if not all of of the diseases of abuse, neglect, and genetics. The result will not be an increase of stupid, nonproductive retirees, but an active population contributing experience and knowledge to the work force.
There is no proof that any sin or faith based values contribute to the health of society. The age of retirement will increase as people remain physically robust.
Death may be inevitable, mostly due to accidents, violence, and stupidity, but that is the nature of survival. What is not inevitable is the assumption that dying is any more costly than economic wars, defense waste, political corruption, or ideological terrorism.

Morton Kurzweil of FL 10:32PM March 09, 2010

As we gain in our prevention of some diseases we forget that we do have to die from SOMETHING. And in some cases we fix a problem that might have had a less difficult death only to die from something more painful, more costly, more problematic. As a culture we seem to think death is avoidable. What we need are more conversations with our physicians, more palliative care, and more understanding of the real choices we face at the end of our lives. Oh, wait, those conversations have been labeled "death panels".

phood of ME 12:05PM March 09, 2010

The age adjusted rate has been going up according to the CDC.
Read Huss et al.
American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 169(2):167-175;
if you want to know one reason why... extra high voltage transmission lines.

Joe_T of NM 11:14AM March 09, 2010

The age adjusted rate of Alzheimer's has been going up according to the CDC. The CDC says they don't know why, but if you read Huss et al. American Journal of Epidemiology 2009 169(2):167-175, it becomes clearer. People living under extra high voltage (EHV) transmission lines have nearly double the risk. EHV lines emit radiofrequency radiation as well as low frequency electric and magnetic fields.
The rate of Alzheimer's went up nearly 10-fold in the late 70's and early 80's, which is when microwave ovens became popular. The rate leveled off until the mid 1990's, when cell phones became popular and the age adjusted rate started climbing up again.

Joe_T of CA 11:03AM March 09, 2010

As we gain in our prevention of some diseases we forget that we do have to die from SOMETHING. And in some cases we fix a problem that might have had a less difficult death only to die from something more painful, more costly, more problematic. As a culture we seem to think death is avoidable. What we need are more conversations with our physicians, more palliative care, and more understanding of the real choices we face at the end of our lives. Oh, wait, those conversations have been labeled "death panels".

phood of ME 10:53AM March 09, 2010