Alzheimer’s disease most common among seniors in the East and Southeast regions of the US, new study suggests

About 1 in 6 seniors in Miami, Baltimore and the Bronx have Alzheimer’s disease, according to estimates from a new study. CNN —

Seniors living in the East and Southeast regions of the United States are most likely to have Alzheimer’s disease, according to new data shared at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference and published Monday in the organization’s journal. With new therapies that promise to slow Alzheimer’s disease, researchers race to reform how patients are diagnosed

The report offers the first estimates of Alzheimer’s disease prevalence in the US at the county level. Researchers used data from thousands of […]

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