Geriatric may be deemed as thief

This week's Business week has an article about Alzheimer's. You may outlive cancer or heart disease, but when you are an octogenarian, the chance to have some degree of Alzheimer's is 50%. Probably Confucian aphorism, "Geriatric may be deemed as thief", has some degree of truth.

Alzheimer's: The Costliest Killer

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The disease's overwhelming suffering—and expense—cry out for a greater research effor