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Re:Alzheimer’s treatment appears to alleviate memory loss in... by melling on Thursday September 01, 2016 @10:44AM (#12405568)
At what age? If it's not too young, you still have 30-40 years of additional research on your side. There is a genetic predisposition in some families.

https://www.statnews.com/2016/04/12/alzheimers-disease-colom...

Perhaps you should participate in a study, if possible? There's an interesting documentary on HBO:

http://www.hbo.com/alzheimers/about-the-project.html

I believe BioGen's drug is discussed in the movie.

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Re:Alzheimer’s treatment appears to alleviate memory loss in... by tcoppi on Thursday September 01, 2016 @11:02AM (#12405751)
I'd have to look, but most of them started developing symptoms in their 60s and it had progressed to needing full-time care by their 70s, so not super-early onset but early enough to be pretty devastating. I hadn't thought about participating in a study, but that sounds interesting. I'll have to look into it.
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