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Alzheimers Test

NPR's Vicki Que reports on a new test to determine whether people have a gene that's linked to Alzheimer's disease. She says there's an ethical debate among physicians over whether it makes sense for people to know in advance that they're likely to get a disease for which there's no cure.

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