Last week, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates used his blog to share with his readers that some of the men in his “family have suffered from Alzheimer’s.” This means that Gates may have an increased risk of suffering from dementia. In the post, Gates voiced his desire to help develop “a more reliable, affordable and accessible diagnostic — such as a blood test.” To encourage new research, he also announced that he would be donating $100 million to help find a cure for Alzheimer’s.
See Pagan Kennedy What If You Knew Alzheimer’s Was Coming for You?, The New York Times, November 17, 2017.
Special thanks to Lewis Saret (Attorney, Washington, D.C.) for bringing this article to my attention.
