title: Alzheimer's disease--the long goodbye.
abstract: Alzheimer's disease affects one in 10 families in the United States; unless an intervention is found, millions more will be afflicted. Research is beginning to unveil the way the disease works and what causes it, leading to a glimmer of hope for future treatments. But understanding must come first.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Dittbrenner
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006701:Home Nursing; D006801:Humans; D012106:Research; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology