https://blogs.mercola.com:443/sites/vitalvotes/archive/2004/07/19/medicare-claims-for-alzheimers-patients-explode.aspxThe rate of Medicare beneficiaries who were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease rose 250 percent during the 1990s, according to a recent study. This and three other studies suggest that Alzheimer's disease is the public health crisis of the 21st centuryenCommunityServer 2008.5 SP1 (Debug Build: 31106.3070)