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June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month

June 03, 2020 - 05:00
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June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month — an opportunity to hold a conversation about the brain and share the fact that Alzheimer’s disease and other dementias are a major public health issue. Alzheimer’s affects around 400,000 Texans, and over a million caregivers. They’re part of an estimated five million Americans living with Alzheimer’s. The stark reality is one in three seniors die with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. Alzheimer’s kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined. This year, Alzheimer’s and other dementias will cost the nation $305 billion. That’s why it is so important to have conversations about the brain. One ...

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