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November is Alzheimer's Awareness Month. The Alzheimer's Foundation has a free test to let you know if you should follow up with a doctor.
Every three seconds someone in the world develops a case of dementia.
The estimated cost of that brain illness is a staggering $1.3 trillion.
But you can lower your risk by knowing the risk factors, ways to prevent brain decline and by taking a free memory test.
Stephen Melancon has to mentally multi task daily. As the WWL-TV News assignment manager, he's the logistic guy, keeping track of all the story pitches coming in, what's getting covered, and at every moment where all of the camera and reporter crews are, in case there’s breaking news. So, when we needed someone to take the live memory test for our story, he volunteered.