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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Julia Musto

One US state is found to have Alzheimer’s ‘hot spots.’ What it reveals about America’s health care

America is facing a looming crisis in caring for rising numbers of Alzheimer’s patients — and that challenge is likely to be far greater for people in rural areas.

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 7 million Americans, a number that’s expected to double by 2060, as the U.S. population ages.

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