Aduhelm and how money and politics supersede science

Alzheimer’s disease is not the only cause of dementia, but it is the most common.  The many other types of dementia, e.g., Lewy body, vascular or frontotemporal, mostly affect older adults. Collectively, dementias are terrible diseases striking at the essence of what makes us human beings. I wonder if dementia, Alzheimer’s disease particularly, is the true Emperor of All Maladies (with all due respect to what is a wonderful book).

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