Did you even bother to read any of the articles above before you gunned my post as 'far-fetched'? Google 'non-thermal biological effects, electromagnetic, microwave, radiofrequency radiation' yourself. I didn't do the research. I'm just someone who's dealt with Alzheimer's in my family like you.
And in recent years the number of early-onset Alzheimer's cases has been on the rise. The first cell phone tower went up in 1984. There weren't that many back then - very spotty coverage. Then following the passaged of the Telecommunications Act of 1996, the number of towers everywhere increased exponentially.
Has the Alzheimer's epidemic followed this curve?
http://www.mobilemastinfo.com/moa_images/graph08.gif
And yea, Alzheimer's existed before cell phone towers did, but so did airports, radio stations, etc... - other sources of exposure which could have caused the very first case of it. My grandmother had it. What year was electricity - power lines, for example - put into play?
I'd be curious to see if anybody's Alzheimer's coincided with the installation of a new cell phone mast - or wi-fi antenna in the area.
[This Message was Edited on 10/19/2009]