How Fraud, Greed and Negligence Have Stymied Alzheimer’s Research and Progress Toward a Cure
Nearly seven million Americans, about one in nine people over the age of 65, live with Alzheimer’s. It’s a heartbreaking disease for those afflicted and the 11 million loved ones who are taking care of them. But despite decades of research and countless promises of a breakthrough, there are no significant treatments to stop the cognitive decline. While mortality rates for other leading causes of death like cancer and heart disease have gone down, Alzheimer’s death rates continue to rise. In his new book “Doctored” investigative reporter Charles Piller makes the case that a wide web of fraud…
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