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The Skeptics Guide #932 - May 20 2023

The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

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The Future of Dementia

I think this kind of technology is going to be increasingly useful. We're entering a phase where we're starting to get the first really disease modifying treatments for Alzheimer's. It's perfectly plausible that within a couple of years, within five years, 10 years, we'll have one or more treatments that demonstrably slow down the progress of Alzheimer's significantly. So we could have a lot of people in the early stages of dementia for a long time because they're getting treated.

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