ROGER WICKER: Broader support encourages Alzheimer’s cure endeavor
One year ago, I introduced a bill to fight Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias – the costliest disease in America and a heartbreaking reality for too many families. Today, my “Ensuring Useful Research Expenditures is Key for Alzheimer’s Act,” or “EUREKA,” has the support of nearly two-thirds of the Senate and 78 organizations, including the Alzheimer’s Association, UsAgainstAlzheimer’s and the MIND Center at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The fight against Alzheimer’s spans both political party and geography. During World Alzheimer’s Month, we are reminded that dementia is not just a national problem but an international one. It currently affects an estimated 47 million people around the world.
With “EUREKA,” the aim is to reach milestones in dementia prevention, diagnosis, and treatment. Specifically, prize competitions established under the act would help drive innovation and bring the best minds together in private-public partnerships. The bill would not disrupt current research or ask taxpayers to give more of their money to Washington. With prizes, we pay only for success.
Daily Journal
10/4/16
Magnolia Tribune
