Alzheimer’s Patients Deserve Answers Sooner

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Nearly half of American voters have a loved one who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. And Alzheimer’s will touch even more families in the years ahead, as the number of Americans living with the fatal disease nearly doubles by 2050.

Thankfully, scientists are developing tools to help diagnose and manage Alzheimer’s. Among the most promising are blood tests that could help millions receive diagnoses earlier so they can start treatment sooner.

It’s not enough for these tools to exist......

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