NAPERVILLE — A proposed Alzheimer’s facility sailed through the Planning and Zoning Commission on Wednesday, taking a unanimous positive recommendation to the full City Council.Silverado Senior Living, a California-based company with 34 other facilities throughout the United States, plans a 90-patient senior housing facility to care for Alzheimer’s and memory-impaired ... continue reading
THURSDAY, March 8 (HealthDay News) — Caring for people with Alzheimer's disease and other types of dementia will cost the United States about $200 billion this year, a total that includes $140 billion paid by Medicare and Medicaid, new statistics released Thursday show.
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Alzheimer’s is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States. More Americans each year die from Alzheimer’s than breast or prostate cancer combined. And yet, in 2011, the National Institutes of Health spent more than $6 billion on cancer research, but less than $480 million on Alzheimer’s ... continue reading
Alzheimer’s disease is the sixth leading cause of death in the United States and a leading caus
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Some 10 million women in the United States are impacted by Alzheimer’s disease, and a doctor who is leading the charge to fight it will visit the Quad-Cities next week.
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Alzheimer’s expert to visit Quad-Cities