May 28th, 2008

Increased focus on Alzheimer’s has helped spread the use of devices that identify and track people with memory impairments, and spur a number of states (not including PA) to enact Amber Alert-style laws to enhance public searches for those who go missing, reports the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Alzheimer’s patients represent 13 percent of the population over age 65. The disease is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States.