For the last 30 years, Dave Richardson has faced the terrifying prospect of being struck down with an incurable brain disease so deadly that it usually kills patients within a year.
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In a study published in Nature Medicine, U.K. researchers linked growth hormone treatments to the development of Alzheimer’s. Dementia experts shared input on the findings.