By — Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser Leave your feedback Share Copy URL https://www.pbs.org/newshour/health/journalist-its-time-for-more-research-on-alzheimers-prevention-treatment Email Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Tumblr Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Blueberries Among Top Tips to Avoid Alzheimer’s, Journalist Says Health Sep 30, 2010 1:00 PM EDT When health journalist Jean Carper discovered that she carried the ApoE4 gene that triples her risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, she became interested in finding out more about the latest research on Alzheimer’s prevention. More research and public education preventing the disease will be crucial in the coming decades as the U.S. population ages, former CNN medical correspondent said. “Right now in the U.S., we have about 5 million people with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, we are going to have almost tripled that,” she said. “And our health care costs are going to soar. Right now we’re spending $178 billion to care for people with Alzheimer’s. in the year 2050, unless we do something about this, we are going to be spending $1 trillion.” Watch my conversation with Carper about her new book, “100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer’s.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now By — Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser Betty Ann Bowser, the new Health Correspondent for The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, graduated Ohio Wesleyan in 1966. By 1974, she was working for CBS, where she remained for the next 14 years. For the CBS Nightly News, she covered countless international stories, including famine in Africa and troubles in the Middle East. She also was the co-anchor of 30 Minutes, a news magazine program that won four Emmy's as well as DuPont and Peabody awards.
When health journalist Jean Carper discovered that she carried the ApoE4 gene that triples her risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, she became interested in finding out more about the latest research on Alzheimer’s prevention. More research and public education preventing the disease will be crucial in the coming decades as the U.S. population ages, former CNN medical correspondent said. “Right now in the U.S., we have about 5 million people with Alzheimer’s. By 2050, we are going to have almost tripled that,” she said. “And our health care costs are going to soar. Right now we’re spending $178 billion to care for people with Alzheimer’s. in the year 2050, unless we do something about this, we are going to be spending $1 trillion.” Watch my conversation with Carper about her new book, “100 Simple Things You Can Do To Prevent Alzheimer’s.” We're not going anywhere. Stand up for truly independent, trusted news that you can count on! Donate now