Revolutionary study explores use of unique heart scans for early detection of dementia disorders

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Revolutionary study explores use of unique heart scans for early detection of dementia disorders

By Stacy M. Brown, NNPA Newswire The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has released a major study showing how positron emission tomography (PET) scans of the heart could be used […]

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