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Alzheimer’s Disease Is It Hereditary?

08.15.2011 · Posted in Health Articles

There are approximately 5.3 million people living with Alzheimer’s in the United States. Imagine the children and grandchildren of those sufferers who face the terrifying possibility of inheriting a predisposition to the disease. Now that there are tests in the works for early detection of brain injury due to Alzheimer’s, as well as other biological markers of the disease, the question becomes: Would you want to know? Many individuals with a family history of Alzheimer’s said they would definitely want to know if their brains already have signs of the disease. Greg Kalkwarf, whose grandfather died of complications from Alzheimer

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