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Alzheimer’s Prevalence

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Researchers rank the U.S. counties with the highest rates of Alzheimer’s disease The Alzheimer’s Association released a first-of-its-kind study in July, ranking all 3,142 U.S. counties — by Alzheimer’s disease prevalence. About 6.7 million Americans have this form of dementia. Most counties with the highest Alzheimer’s prevalence are in the Eastern and Southeastern U.S., though […]