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How I Discovered I Had Early-Onset Alzheimer's
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How I Discovered I Had Early-Onset Alzheimer's

When Myra Garcia was in her early 50s, her doctors misdiagnosed her Alzheimer’s as Attention Deficit Disorder. She describes how that mistake has affected her life.