---
title: "Psych News Alert: U.S. Urged to Invest More in Alzheimer's Research"
description: Chris Harvey/Shutterstock According to a June 24 Reuters report, board members of Alzheimer's Disease International have urged Congress ...
image: https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_61386988-Jun-24-2025-04-33-12-6817-PM.gif
---

 6/27/11 12:00 AM

# U.S. Urged to Invest More in Alzheimer's Research

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [ Psychiatric News Alert ](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert)

Share: [facebook-f icon ](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html) [linkedin-in icon ](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html) [Twitter icon ](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html) [pinterest-p icon ](http://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?url=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html) [envelope icon ](mailto:?body=https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html)

| [![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_61386988-Jun-24-2025-04-33-11-7792-PM.gif)](https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_61386988-Jun-24-2025-04-33-11-7792-PM.gif) |
| --- |
| Chris Harvey/Shutterstock |

According to a June 24 Reuters report, board members of Alzheimer's Disease International have urged Congress to invest more money in Alzheimer's disease research. The rationale, the board members claimed, is that as the world population ages, more and more people are going to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and effective treatments and preventatives will be needed more than ever.

Meanwhle, a lot of Alzheimer's research is already under way and might possibly bear fruit regarding Alzheimer's treatments or preventatives.

For example, scientists reported in the March *Archives of Neurology *that cognition has already declined sharply five to six years before Alzheimer's disease is usually diagnosed. So if an effective treatment for Alzheimer's is going to be found, it may be necessary to apply it at this very early stage. More information about that study can be found in *Psychiatric News. *See [http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/9/18.2.full](http://pn.psychiatryonline.org/content/46/9/18.2.full) .

[cognitive decline](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/cognitive-decline), [Alzheimer’s](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/alzheimers)

## Related posts

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/cancersurvivor_588713-Jun-24-2025-05-07-26-3516-PM.jpg?height=200&name=cancersurvivor_588713-Jun-24-2025-05-07-26-3516-PM.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/03/cancer-survivors-have-lower-alzheimers.html)

[Alzheimer's disease](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/alzheimers-disease), [cancer](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/cancer), [Framingham Heart Study](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/framingham-heart-study), [cancer survivor](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/cancer-survivor)

## [Cancer Survivors Have Lower Alzheimer’s Risk](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/03/cancer-survivors-have-lower-alzheimers.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 3/22/12 12:00 AM

New results from the Framingham Heart Study suggest that cancer survivors have a lower risk of...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2012/03/cancer-survivors-have-lower-alzheimers.html)

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/Alzheimers%20memory%20disappearing_107466191-Jun-24-2025-03-52-32-2175-PM.jpg?height=200&name=Alzheimers%20memory%20disappearing_107466191-Jun-24-2025-03-52-32-2175-PM.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/04/study-of-alzheimer-costs-reveals.html)

[Alzheimer's disease](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/alzheimers-disease), [dementia care](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/dementia-care)

## [Study of Alzheimer's Costs Reveals Staggering Toll](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/04/study-of-alzheimer-costs-reveals.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 6/24/24 11:16 AM

In what may be the first detailed analysis of the costs associated with having Alzheimer's disease...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2013/04/study-of-alzheimer-costs-reveals.html)

[![](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/alzheimer%20word%20cloud_29306674-4.jpg?height=200&name=alzheimer%20word%20cloud_29306674-4.jpg) ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/07/alzheimers-association-research.html)

[Alzheimer’s](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/alzheimers), [Alzheimer's Association](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/alzheimers-association), [beta-amyloid](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/beta-amyloid), [amyloid-lowering agent](https://alert.psychnews.org/tag/amyloid-lowering-agent)

## [Alzheimer’s Association Research Roundtable Workgroup Releases Report](https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/07/alzheimers-association-research.html)

![Picture of Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/hs-fs/hubfs/Psych%20News%20Email%20Banners/PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png?width=50&name=PN-Blue-Box_rgb.png) [Psychiatric News Alert](https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert) 

 7/15/11 12:00 AM

Kheng Guan Toh/Shutterstock The Alzheimer’s Association Research Roundtable Workgroup has published...

[ Read more ](https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/07/alzheimers-association-research.html)

```json
{
  "@context" : "https://schema.org",
  "@type" : "BlogPosting",
  "author" : {
    "@type" : "Person",
    "name" : "Psychiatric News Alert",
    "url" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/author/psychiatric-news-alert"
  },
  "dateModified" : "2025-06-24T16:36:21.519Z",
  "datePublished" : "2011-06-27T04:00:00.000Z",
  "headline" : "Psych News Alert: U.S. Urged to Invest More in Alzheimer's Research",
  "image" : [ "https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/shutterstock_61386988-Jun-24-2025-04-33-12-6817-PM.gif" ],
  "mainEntityOfPage" : {
    "@id" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/2011/06/us-urged-to-invest-more-in-alzheimer.html",
    "@type" : "WebPage"
  },
  "publisher" : {
    "@type" : "Organization",
    "logo" : {
      "@type" : "ImageObject",
      "url" : "https://alert.psychnews.org/hubfs/PN-Blue-Box.jpg"
    }
  }
}
```