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New Federal Law Calls for Government, Public Attention to Alzheimer's Crisis — The National Alzheimer's Project Act

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 January 2021

Julia Tebor
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American Journal of Law & Medicine , Volume 37 , Issue 1 , March 2011 , pp. 199 - 201
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics and Boston University 2011

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References

1 National Alzheimer's Project Act, Pub. L. No. 111-375, 124 Stat. 4100 (2011).

2 Nat’l Inst. on Aging, Alzheimer's Disease Fact Sheet 1 (2010), available at http://www.nia.nih.gov/NR/rdonlyres/7DCA00DB-1362-4755-9E87-96DF669EAE20/13991/ADFactSheetFINAL2510.pdf (2010).

3 Id.

4 Id. at 2-3.

5 156 Cong. Rec. S8597-98 (daily ed. Dec. 7, 2010) (statement of Senator Evan Bayh).

6 Id.

7 Pam Belluck, With Alzheimer's Patients Growing in Number, Congress Endorses a National Plan, N.Y. Times, Dec. 16, 2010, at A26(L), available at http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/16/us/politics/16alzheimer.html?_r=1.

8 156 Cong. Rec. S8597-98 (daily ed. Dec. 7, 2010) (statement of Senator Evan Bayh).

9 Mary Brophy Marcus, New Alzheimer's Law Aims to Coordinate Efforts, Strategy, USA Today (Jan. 5, 2011, 7:47 PM), http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/health/medical/alzheimers/2011-01-06-alzlaw06_ST_N.htm.

10 156 Cong. Rec. S8597-98 (daily ed. Dec. 7, 2010) (statement of Senator Evan Bayh).

11 National Alzheimer's Project Act, Pub. L. No. 111-375, § 2, 124 Stat. 4100, 4100-02 (2011).

12 Id.

13 Id.

14 Id.

15 Id.

16 Id.

17 Id.

18 Id.

19 Marcus, supra note 9.

20 Michelle G. Sullivan, New Law Calls for Government, Public Attention to Alzheimer's Crisis, Internal Medicine News Digital Network (Jan. 6, 2011), http://www.internalmedicinenews.com/news/neurology/single-article/new-law-calls-for-government-public-attention-to-alzheimer-s-crisis/7ff8d49f12.html.

21 President Obama Signs Landmark Legislation Laying the Foundation for a National Alzheimer Strategy, Medical News Today (Jan. 5, 2011, 6:00 PM), http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/212807.php.

22 Sullivan, supra note 20.

23 President Obama Signs Landmark Legislation, supra note 21.

24 156 Cong. Rec. S8597-98 (daily ed. Dec. 7, 2010) (statement of Senator Evan Bayh).

25 Sullivan, supra note 20.

26 Belluck, supra note 7.

27 Marcus, supra note 9.

28 Id.

29 Ben Comer, Renewed Focus on Alzheimer's Could Help New Drugs to Market, Medical Marketing & Media (Dec. 16, 2010), http://www.mmm-online.com/renewed-focus-on-alzheimers-could-help-new-drugs-to-market/article/192936/.

30 Id.

31 Id.

32 Sullivan, supra note 20.

33 Id.

34 Id.

35 Belluck, supra note 7.

36 Sullivan, supra note 20.

37 Marcus, supra note 9.

38 Sullivan, supra note 20.

39 Id.

40 Id.