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   Study: 28 Million Baby Boomers To Develop Alzheimer's Disease by 2050   
      
      
      
   WASHINGTON (CBSDC) -- The numbers behind Alzheimer's disease will climb   
   dramatically in the coming years, according to a new study.   
      
   LiveScience reports as baby boomers get older, 28 million will develop   
   Alzheimer's disease between now and 2050. The study also estimates that 10   
   million baby boomers will be living with the disease by 2040, doubling the   
   total number of U.S. adults    
   currently battling the disease.   
      
   The study was presented Tuesday at the Alzheimer's Association International   
   Conference in Washington, D.C.   
      
      
   Researchers found that the percentage of baby boomers with Alzheimer's disease   
   will increase from 1.2 percent in 2020 to 50.1 percent in 2015. By that time,   
   all surviving baby boomers will be at least 85 years old, according to the   
   study. The Alzheimer's    
   Association notes that the risk of the disease increases among those older   
   than 85.   
      
   "As baby boomers get older, the number of people developing the disease will   
   rise to levels far beyond anything we've ever seen before," Maria Carrillo,   
   chief science officer at the Alzheimer's Association, said in a released   
   statement.   
      
   Experts say research into treatment and potential cures is crucial. Treatment   
   that would delay the effects of Alzheimer's by five years would reduce the   
   number of people in 2050 from 13.5 million to 7.8 million, according to the   
   Alzheimer's association.   
      
   The report additionally found that Medicare spending for baby boomers with   
   Alzheimer's could increase from $11.86 million in 2020 to $238 billion in   
   2040. This severe increase would shift from 2.1 percent of total Medicare   
   spending to 24 percent.   
      
   "If we're going to change the current trajectory of the disease, we need   
   consistent and meaningful investments in research," Carrillo added.   
      
      
   http://washington.cbslocal.com/2015/07/21/study-28-million-baby-   
   oomers-to-develop-alzheimers-disease-by-2050/   
      
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