Dr. Barnes speaks at Congressional Biomedical Research Caucaus
June 24, 2015
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Age-old age myth: Alzheimer's not inevitable with age, expert says
“Fifty years ago, the prevailing view of old age was that if you live long enough you will eventually get a dementing disease,” said Barnes, a University of Arizona gerontology professor, in a recent briefing for a congressional caucus. “But today we know that not all of us is going to get Alzheimer’s.”
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