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Old 10-13-2013, 05:43 PM
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What if bigger and better studies are done and the result is that they can use the smell test to diagnose Alzheimer's disease decades in advance. Then what? Would that mean the person is doomed to get Alzheimer's no matter what lifestyle that person chooses?

I'm not asking for myself; thankfully, I have a very good sense of smell.

I'm just wondering what others would say as far as options for such a person. Do you think that person should just give up and accept their fate? Or should they try hard to prove the diagnosis to be wrong?