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Alzheimer's Disease


From today's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette:

A Life Hijacked: Alzheimer's takes bigger toll on former pilot
November 25, 2012 12:08 am
By Gary Rotstein / Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
<a href="http://www.post-gazette.com/stories/local/neighborhoods-north/a-life-hijacked-alzheimers-takes-bigger-toll-on-former-pilot-663524/?print=1">Read the article</a>




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