<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/1f9cdf2e-e9cc-4599-97fa-7760c57181b9/96E2392B-0DAF-4EA8-A5A8-30EC8D3E7FB1/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html" href="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html" style="font-size: 11px;">alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><DIV>• As many as <STRONG>5.2 million people </STRONG>in the United States are living with Alzheimer’s. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><DIV>• <STRONG>10 million baby boomers</STRONG> will develop Alzheimer's in their lifetime.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><DIV>• Every <STRONG>71 seconds,</STRONG> someone develops Alzheimer’s. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><DIV>• Alzheimer's is the <STRONG>seventh-leading cause of death</STRONG>. </DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><BLOCKQUOTE cite="http://www.alz.org/alzheimers_disease_facts_figures.asp">• The direct and indirect <STRONG>costs of Alzheimer's</STRONG> and other dementias to Medicare, Medicaid and businesses amount to more than <STRONG>$148 billion </STRONG>each year.</BLOCKQUOTE></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><STRONG><SPAN>New Report:</SPAN></STRONG> <IMG src="http://www.alz.org/images/icon_pdf.gif" /> <SPAN><A href="http://www.alz.org/national/documents/report_alzfactsfigures2008.pdf" target="_blank"><EM>Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures</EM></A><SPAN> (43 pages)</SPAN></SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://alzheimersreadingroom.blogspot.com/2008/03/alzheimer-facts-and-figures-2008.html"><DIV>The report is a comprehensive statistical abstract of U.S. data on Alzheimer’s disease that includes:</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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