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Simple Blood Test Can Predict Dementia Risk in Women Decades Before Symptoms


Diagnostic tests are continuing to get better at spotting the earliest signs of dementia, and new research suggests that a simple blood sample could help identify those at most risk, some 25 years before symptoms start showing.

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