Many consumers are in a quandary when an at-home genetics test reveals the risk of Alzheimer's disease
When Theresa Braymer can’t remember a word or name, she sometimes second-guesses herself.
At 59, she is young to be showing signs of late-onset Alzheimer’s. But she has a gene variant that substantially increases her risk of developing the disease. “I was shocked to find out” about the gene variant “because I don’t have a family history of Alzheimer’s disease,” said Ms. Braymer, a retired Navy commander who lives in the Denver area.
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