There’s no mammogram or Pap smear for Alzheimer’s disease. Yet an Alzheimer’s group this week begins a push for simple memory screenings in a bid to catch possible warning signs of dementia sooner.
Memory screenings — five-minute mini-tests, doable at a health fair — are hugely controversial. But the provocative new report from the Alzheimer’s Foundation [...]
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