Earlier diagnosis giving Alzheimer's a new voice
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 - 05:21
in Health & Medicine
(AP) -- Don Hayen has a handy way of deflecting the instant pity that comes when he reveals his Alzheimer's disease: "But I haven't lost my keys all day," he quickly jokes. Hayen is part of a growing new movement in Alzheimer's: Patients diagnosed early enough to still be articulate and demand better care and better research.