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Improve Cognitive Health During Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month

Posted on June 22, 2021 by ODPHP

By John Shean, MPH, associate director of the Healthy Brain Initiative, Alzheimer’s Association

June is Alzheimer’s & Brain Awareness Month, a time when people around the nation are having conversations about their own cognitive health — and discussing cognitive well-being with friends, family members, and health care providers. The public health community can leverage these conversations to support healthy cognitive functioning throughout the entire year. 

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