4 – Alzheimers

Estimates are that some 10 percent of people over the age of 65 will develop Alzheimer’s disease, the scourge that robs people of their memories and, ultimately, their lives. While researchers race to find both the cause and the cure, others are moving just as fast to find the earliest signs that will predict an eventual onset of the disease, well before any outward symptoms. The reason is …

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Researchers Image Earliest Signs Of Alzheimer’s Before Symptoms Appear (Medical News Today)

Tags: disease, the-disease, Earliest, will-develop, over-the-age, their-lives-, people-over, their-memories

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