#sharetheorange
A brain affected by Alzheimer’s weighs 140g less than a healthy brain. That’s about the weight of an orange.
Too many people still think dementia is just a natural part of ageing, which means they don't realise that it is something we could, one day, defeat.
https://www.alzheimersresearchuk.org/orange/
850,000 people in the UK are living with dementia.
The cost to the UK economy is £26 billion, more than cancer and heart disease combined.
1 in 3 people over the age of 65 will die with dementia
Only research has the power to beat dementia.
