U.S. HHS released the National Plan to Address Alzheimer’s Disease: 2013 Update. The 2013 Update includes a new timeline for achieving its first goal – prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 – and a review of progress over the past year.

The first-ever National Alzheimer’s Plan, initially released in May 2012, was mandated by the bipartisan National Alzheimer’s Project Act (P.L. 111-375), which Congress passed unanimously in 2010. The 2013 Update includes a new timeline for achieving its first goal – prevent and effectively treat Alzheimer’s disease by 2025 – and a review of progress over…

Why the Amyloid Hypothesis is Alive and Well

By Paul Aisen, M.D. Director, Alzheimer’s Disease Cooperative Study Professor of Neurosciences, University of California San Diego There has been much discussion in the news lately as to whether the amyloid hypothesis is the correct path for research. The amyloid hypothesis is supported by a huge body of evidence, but to my thinking the most…