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Discussing the 2017 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures Report

Aired on Tuesday, March 7th.

Alzheimer's Disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's -- and by 2050, this number could be as high as 16 million. Alzheimer's Disease kills more people annually than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. And every 66 seconds, someone in the U.S. develops Alzheimer's Disease. These are but a few of the startling statistics to be found in the 2017 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures Report, which has just been released today by the nonprofit Alzheimer's Association. On this edition of ST, we're talking about those who suffer from this disease -- and about those who care for them -- at both the national and statewide levels. Our guest is Mark Fried, the CEO and President of the Oklahoma Chapter of the Alzheimer's Association.

Rich Fisher passed through KWGS about thirty years ago, and just never left. Today, he is the general manager of Public Radio Tulsa, and the host of KWGS’s public affairs program, StudioTulsa, which celebrated its twentieth anniversary in August 2012 . As host of StudioTulsa, Rich has conducted roughly four thousand long-form interviews with local, national, and international figures in the arts, humanities, sciences, and government. Very few interviews have gone smoothly. Despite this, he has been honored for his work by several organizations including the Governor's Arts Award for Media by the State Arts Council, a Harwelden Award from the Arts & Humanities Council of Tulsa, and was named one of the “99 Great Things About Oklahoma” in 2000 by Oklahoma Today magazine.
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