Federal Bill Increases Alzheimer's and Dementia Research Funding to Record $2.8B

President Trump recently signed an appropriation measure for a $350 million boost in funding for Alzheimer's and dementia research, reports NBC 24 . The first $10 million will go toward development of the Building Our Largest Dementia Infrastructure for Alzheimer's Act. "Alzheimer's is the most expensive disease in America," said Julia Pechlivanos with the Alzheimer's Association's Northwest Ohio Chapter. "It's devastating to families and caregivers — often their health suffers as well as a result of caring for someone with Alzheimer's or other types of dementia. So we need to find a treatment." Yearly funding for Alzheimer's and dementia research at the U.S. National Institutes of Health currently stands at a record $2.8 billion, which is six times higher than the 2010 total allocated by the National Alzheimer's Project Act.