Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20140716:16:44:00
How promising do you think that might be? >> hi, andrea. so the eye test is essentially looking for a protein called a.call ed am alloyd. am alloyd is to dementia is what cholesterol is to heart disease. the higher the level in the brain the more likely you are to develop dementia. it turns out that doctors have been able to see this am alloyd in the eye as a surrogate for am alloyd in the brain, and that's a very promising breakthrough. >> what about this smell test, that you can lose your sense of smell or a declining sense of smell could be another indication of the plaque or tangles in the...
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