State makes grants for Alzheimer's disease
Posted November 09, 2008 10:00 pm
The state of Illinois will make $190,000 in grants to help research, treat and prevent Alzheimer's disease.
The money comes from donations Illinois taxpayers made on their tax returns to the Alzheimer's Disease Research Fund. Gov. Rod Blagojevich has proclaimed November Alzheimer's Awareness Month in Illinois.
Experts say more than 200,000 people in Illinois have Alzheimer's disease, which causes the loss of memory, attention span and the ability to learn.
The fund was started in 1985 and since then Illinois residents have donated more than $3 million.
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