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Neurologist says Trump’s conduct may be more than cognitive decline

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AlterNet reports that geriatric neurologist Dr. Germaine Odenheimer said Donald Trump’s conduct may reflect cognitive changes, medication effects, the removal of institutional restraints, or some combination of those factors. She did not diagnose dementia and stressed that Trump’s medications, laboratory results, and cognitive-test results are unknown.

Speaking Monday on Dr. Steven Hassan’s podcast, Odenheimer described Trump’s recent GOP speech in Dallas as long and rambling but said she detected no specific language deficit. Hassan argued that Trump’s behavior appears less…

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