Is genetic testing for dementia appropriate?

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Would you want to know if you had a genetic risk factor forAlzheimer’s or dementia? And, if you did know, would you change your behavior accordingly? While the diagnostics for dementia have improved dramatically — and contributing factors, such as brain injury have been confirmed — there is still no cure or treatment to affect the progression of the disease.

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