Alzheimer`s is sixth leading cause of death in Oklahoma
(WorldNews Health)

Nelita Byfield-Cash shows her purple wreath, wears purple clothes and streaks her hair with the color to bring awareness to Alzheimers` Disease. Cash`s father was diagnosed with the disease in 2006, and she said 11 members of her family have been diagnosed with the disease. KENTON BROOKS/Muskogee Phoenix Nelita Byfield-Cash remembers Valentine`s Day in 2006. That`s the day she received confirmation that her father had Alzheimer`s Disease. `We started seeing the signs of symptoms in my dad,` the Whittier Elementary fourth-grade teacher said. `My mother and I took him to the doctor because of our concerns. He knew why he was going to the doctor, who gave him a series of tests. `Dad knew what...