An urgent search for an Alzheimer’s cure in the mountains of Colombia

An urgent search for an Alzheimer’s cure in the mountains of Colombia
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The Washington Post
By Helen OuyangValley of Forgetting: Alzheimer’s Families and the Search for a Cure, by Jennie Erin SmithOver the next three decades or so, the number of people in the United States who develop dementia annually could double, largely because Americans are living longer than previous generations. The prospect of so many elderly people living with the disease is, frankly, terrifying – for ourselves and our loved ones, of course, but also for society as a whole – making the need for prevention or a cure all the more urgent.B...

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