You can help raise funds to cure a debilitating illness by joining the Carroll County Alzheimer's Memory Walk. The event will be held on October 6, 2007 at Old Mill Park in Savanna, Illinois. Registration begins at 8:30 am with the walk beginning at 9 am. Help to change these Alzheimer's Facts and Figures: - There are now more that 5 million people in the United States living with Alzheimer's. - Every 72 seconds, someone develops Alzheimer's. - The direct and indirect costs of Alzheimer's and other dementias amount to more than $148 billion annually (facts from the new report, Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures). - How many people are affected by Alzheimer's? One in 10 persons over 65 and nearly half of those over 85 have Alzheimer's disease. An estimated.5 million Americans have Alzheimer's disease.
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