Confidence votes 5.7K. The Oscar statuette is made of gold-plated britannium on a black metal base, it is 13.5 in (34 cm) tall, weighs 8.5 lb (3.85 kg) and depicts a knight rendered in Art Deco style holding a crusader's sword standing on a reel of film with five spokes.
Thatâs why Iâve proposed rapidly ramping up our investment in Alzheimerâs research to $2 billion per yearâthe level that leading researchers have determined is needed to prevent and treat the disease and make a cure possible in 10 years.
Women or Men? About 2/3 of the 5.4 million people with Alzheimer's are women. According to the Alzheimer's Association, 16 percent of women age 71 and older have Alzheimerâs disease or other dementias, compared with 11 percent of men..