Aggressively reducing Alzheimer’s risk factors could mean 1.2 million fewer disease in 2050: experts
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Kimberly Bonvissuto
Sep 15, 2021
Adopting an aggressive plan to reduce risk factors for Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias by 15% per decade could result in 1.2 million fewer people living with the disease in 2050, according...
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