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Old 03-30-2013, 12:32 PM
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This information comes from an article in The Daily Sun (Mar. 24, 2013, page A22)

Heading: For sisters, family history of Alzheimer's a concern.

The article states that based on current research, less than 1 percent of Alzheimer's cases are the direct result of genetics.

I think that's great news because it's another indication that genes are not our destiny. We are in control of our destiny. But what does it say about the average American's lifestyle that so many people develop Alzheimer's?

The same goes for cancer. Only a very small percentage of cancer is caused by genetics and yet most of us know someone who has had cancer. (But cancer is another story.)