Dementia Decreases Across the USA
November 27, 2016
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VIDEO + ARTICLE: Has the prevalence of dementia REALLY changed among older adults in the United States between 2000 and 2012?
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Barack H. Obama Proclaims November 2016 as National Alzheimer’s Disease Awareness Month
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A PERSONAL LETTER PROCLAIMING NATIONAL ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE AWARENESS MONTH, 2016 BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
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