Thursday, September 4, 2014

17 Things No One Tells You About Alzheimer's Disease

Every 67 seconds, a person in the U.S. develops Alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer's disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States.

It kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.

One in three seniors die with Alzheimer's or another form of dementia.

Women are affected by Alzheimer's most. Almost two-thirds of Alzheimer's patients are women.

Women in their 60's are about two times more likely to develop Alzheimer's in their lifetimes than they are to develop breast cancer.

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