This New Alzheimers Test Looks Beyond a Single Problem Gene

Published: Oct. 11, 2017, 8:12 a.m.

b'America is entering a period that may one day be known as The Great Forgetting. Alzheimer\\u2019s, a disease defined as much by the accumulation of mental lapses as by tangled proteins in the brain, is an ailment of the aging. Sixty-five-year-olds have a one in 10 chance of a positive diagnosis. By age 85, the odds jump to one in three.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'