Hundreds join in Walk to End Alzheimers at Las Vegas Ballpark – KLAS – 8 News Now

Posted: October 17, 2021 at 4:46 pm

LAS VEGAS (KLAS) More than 1100 people filled the Las Vegas Ballpark Saturday morning for the annual Alzheimers Association Walk to End Alzheimers.

The walk was hosted in person, with health and safety guidelines in place to ensure participants, staff, and volunteers remained safe.

The event raised close to $200,000 dollars which went towards care, support, and research.

According to the Alzheimers Association, six million Americans are living with the disease.

From 2000 to 2019, deaths from Alzheimers increased 145%.

A team of neuroscientists at UNLV is leading the way towards an eventual cure for Alzheimers with groundbreaking research. They found that theres a connection between diabetes and Alzheimers, essentially laying the way for more research to build on this discovery.

The number of Alzheimers cases continues to grow. Its estimated to triple in the next 20-30 years, Jeff Kinney, chair of UNLVs Department of Brain Health said.

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