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Congress creates National Plan to Combat Alzheimer's Disease

The New York Times (12/16, A26, Belluck) reports that "Congress has voted unanimously to create, for the first time, a national plan to combat Alzheimer's disease with the same intensity as the attacks on AIDS and cancer." The legislation, which is "expected to be signed by President Obama, would establish a National Alzheimer's Project within the Department of Health and Human Services, to coordinate the country's approach to research, treatment and caregiving."

The Times points out that "the project would include an advisory council of representatives from agencies like the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the National Institutes of Health, the Department of Veterans Affairs, the Food and Drug Administration, the Indian Health Service and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services," as well as "scientific experts, health care providers, and people caring for relatives with Alzheimer's."

SOURCE: The NewYork Times