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Pre-Symptomatic Alzheimer's

Researchers using high-tech brain imaging techniques have detected deterioration in the brains of people at risk for Alzheimer's disease well before any symptoms have developed. In a report in The New England Journal of Medicine, researchers say the findings could help researchers trying to develop new treatments for Alzheimer's. Michelle Trudeau reports.

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