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Dementia Now Leading Cause of Death

  • November 15, 2016

Dementia, including Alzheimer’s disease, has now overtaken heart disease as the leading cause of death, with almost twice as many women succumbing as men, BBC reports. While this specific report was for England and Wales, the U.S. has its own set of statistics that show that dementia is an alarming disease with no known cure. More than a half million Americans die from this disease each year, making it the third leading cause of death in the U.S., right behind heart disease and...