{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400772", "Congressional Hearing on Global Efforts to Treat and Cure Alzheimers Disease Set for Nov. 29", "2017-11-27", "2017", "2017-11", "Republican", "House", "NJ", "Christopher Smith", "S000522", "chrissmith.house.gov", null, null, "legacy", "Millions of people worldwide have some form of dementia and suffer from a steady deterioration of memory and cognitive skills. Yet the vast majority of those with Alzheimer\u2019s and related dementias have not received a diagnosis of their condition, and of those who have, many are unable to access the standard of care that they need. \r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Earlier in 2017, the World Health Organization (WHO) adopted a global plan to address Alzheimer\u2019s and set targets for countries to meet to establish plans for Alzheimer\u2019s awareness, research, treatment, and prevention. WHO called on countries who have not yet adopted their own plans on Alzheimer\u2019s to do so.  \r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u201cToday, 47 million people worldwide live with Alzheimer\u2019s disease and other forms of dementia, and this number is estimated to grow to 131 million by 2050 as populations age,\u201d Rep. Chris Smith (NJ-04), Chairman of the House panel on global health, stated. \u201cCongress has both a moral and practical imperative to act.\u201d  \r\n\r\n\u00a0 \u00a0 Smith will be convening a hearing to review the state of care for Alzheimer\u2019s patients, and prevention and treatments for Alzheimer\u2019s Disease. Witnesses from the National Institutes of Health\u00a0 will share what the U.S. government has done to address Alzheimer\u2019s research and\u00a0 treatment worldwide, while other witnesses from the medical profession will discuss patient care and the current state of Alzheimer\u2019s research.\r\nWho:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0  Chairman Smith (NJ-04), Senior Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee and Chairman of the House Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, Global Human Rights, and International Organizations; other members of the\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 subcommittee  \r\n\r\nWitness:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Panel I\r\n\r\nMarie Bernard, M.D.  \r\n\r\nDeputy Director  \r\nNational Institute on Aging  \r\nNational Institutes of Health\r\nRoger Glass, M.D.  \r\nDirector  \r\nFogarty International Center  \r\nNational Institutes of Health\r\nPanel II  \r\n\r\nMary Mittelman, Dr.P.H.  \r\n\r\n\r\nResearch Professor  \r\nAlzheimer's Disease and Related Dementias Family Support Program  \r\nNew York University\r\nRichard Mohs, Ph.D.  \r\n\r\n\r\nChief Scientific Officer  \r\nGlobal Alzheimer\u2019s Platform Foundation\r\nMr. Michael Splaine  \r\n\r\nPrincipal  \r\nSplaine Consulting\r\n\u00a0\r\nWhat:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 House hearing on a global update on Alzheimer\u2019s Disease\r\n\u00a0\r\nWhen:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Wednesday, November 29, 2017 2:00 PM\r\n\u00a0\r\nWhere:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Rayburn House Office Building, Room 2172 \u00a0(first floor)\r\n\u00a0\r\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Smith, co-founder and co-chair of the bipartisan, bicameral Congressional Task Force on Alzheimer\u2019s Disease, co-authored the National Alzheimer\u2019s Project Act which became law in 2011, and established a benchmark for the U.S. to produce a successful treatment and prevention of Alzheimer\u2019s Disease by 2025. \r\n\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u201cThe total estimated global cost of addressing this condition today is $818 million, but by as early as next year, it is estimated that this cost will rise to at least one billion,\u201d Smith said. \u201cThis hearing is intended to examine the existing and potential options for prevention and treatment of this often devastating disease.\u201d", 1, "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z", "2026-03-30T12:14:52Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["http://chrissmith.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=400772"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.182398060336709, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}