Why Brain Training? The Scary Facts:

Did you know that someone develops Alzheimer's disease every 70
seconds? Look around you right now pick out the people who appear to be over 65? 25% of them lready suffer from mild cognitive impairment. 500,000 people under age 65 already have Alzheimer's disease.

Since1993, the number of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease has sky-rocketed from around 2.8 million people to 5.1 million today.

If you’re not convinced of the need to keep your brain in top shape, read on:

1. A new case of dementia occurs every 7 seconds.

2. 14 million (18%) out of the 79 million baby boomers can expect to lose their mind and memory in their lifetime.

3. The likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s doubles every five years after age 65.

4. If prevention strategies are not followed, the nation will be faced with a half-million new cases of Alzheimer’s in 2010 (1 1/2 years from right now!) and nearly a million a year by 2050.

5. Financially, the burden is huge. In the US, health care for Alzheimer’s patients will reach $160 billion by 2010 and $189 billion dollars by 2015. (Worldwide it’s $248 billion right now).

6. Alzheimer’s has just surpassed diabetes to become America’s sixth leading cause of death.

The most shocking statistic of all is that people are getting diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease at a much earlier age. In 2008 over 500,000 people younger than 65 were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s — some of them in their 20’s and 30’s.