Time Magazine’s 4th Cover Issue on “Hope” for Alzheimer’s Disease Solutions

Time Magazine’s February 29 issue has a provocative image and title, showing a silhouette of a young woman about to ingest a spotlighted, shining capsule.  The issue, titled “The  Alzheimer Pill: A Radical New Drug,” focuses on a pill called LM 11 A-31.

By my count, this is at least the fourth cover by Time focused on the latest hopes for a solution to this disease. Prior issues include:

• October 25, 2010: Alzheimer’s: At Last Some Progress Against the Most Stubborn Disease
• May 14, 2001: Believe it or Not, this 91 Year-Old Nun Could Help Your Beat Alzheimer’s, promoting a “landmark study of the disease.” 
• July 17, 2000: The New Science of Alzheimer’s Disease