What if you could know, years ahead of time, that you were developing Alzheimers?

CNN Reports researchers are working on a new blood test that would predict with great accuracy whether you would get the disease.

Still in the works, the test will hopefully be widely available in a few years.  Entertainers Glen Campbell and Bobby Vee, and the late former President Ronald Reagan are among the more prominent Alzheimers victims of recent years.

Dr. Mark Mapstone of the University of Rochester says the new test promises to be a giant step forward in Alzheimers research.

Others say though that knowing ahead of time can be a mixed blessing.  The question is how you would react to knowing you have a horrible disease that you are powerless to stop.

Would you want to know?

Source: CNN

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