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Researchers: Alzheimer's cases may triple by 2050

William Shankle M.D., of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian

William Shankle M.D., of Hoag Memorial Hospital Presbyterian in Palm Springs, California, discusses Alzheimer's disease. A.

The number of people with Alzheimer's disease will nearly triple by 2050 unless a cure is found, say researchers who based their prediction on U.S. Census Bureau data.

"There is a tsunami of cases coming, and for those of us who are older, we have to wonder whether we are part of it," said Dallas Anderson, 64, an epidemiologist at the National Institute on Aging, which funded the research.

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