Tackling Alzheimer's with clarity

My fellow Americans, I have recently been told that I am one of the millions of Americans who will be afflicted with Alzheimer’s disease...Unfortunately, as Alzheimer’s disease progresses, the family often bears a heavy burden... I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life.”

- SHYLA JOVITHA ABRAHAM, DR JAME ABRAHAM

On November 5, 1994, former US president Ronald Reagan wrote these words in a public letter announcing his diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease. He died a decade later. More than three decades on, despite major advances in medicine, Alzheimer’s disease remains one of the most feared and least understood illnesses worldwide.