A report submitted today informed that the amount of expenses pertaining to dementia for the whole world is set to reach $604 billion for the year, which is over 1% of the international GDP output, and that number is only going to swell, since the number of patients would triple by 2050.

According to the latest annual report, "2009 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures," by the Alzheimer's Association, not only is the disease playing havoc with the body and mind of the estimated 5.3 million affected Americans, it weighs heavily on the expenses too.