On Alzheimer's: "It's the most common form of dementia, but there's no evidence that it's more frequent than before. It's simply that more people are surviving into old age, where they become more susceptible, and we are getting better at diagnosing it."
On how an older population will change the country: "Just as when you have a very youth-oriented culture–think of China's one child policy, which has produced a generation of 'little emperors'–now, just by sheer numbers, we'll have more of a consciousness and focus on aging."
