WOA
wipe out
alzheimer's
SIGMA KAPPA \\ FIU INTRAMURAL FIELDS \\ OCT. 17TH 2015
THE
SIGMA KAPPA FOUND-
ATION
OUR MISSION TO WIPE OUT ALZHEIMER'S
The Sigma Kappa Foundation is committed to providing major funding for Alzheimer's disease research as a national partner of the Alzheimer's Association. Since 1989, the Foundation has provided nearly $3 million for Alzheimer's disease prevent, research and treatment efforts.
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Alzheimer's kills more than breast cancer and prostate cancer combined.
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More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's. By 2050, this number could be as high as 16 million.
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Every 67 seconds someone in the United States develops the disease.
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Almost two-thirds of Americans with Alzheimer's are women.
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In her 60's, a woman's estimated lifetime risk for developing Alzheimer's is 1 in 6. For breast cancer it is 1 in 11.
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Alzheimer's disease is the 6th leading cause of death in the United States. It is the only caue of death in the top 10 that cannot be prevented, cured or even slowed.