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New Alzheimer's Drug Gives Hope To Families But Also Raises Major Concerns

For years, Alzheimer’s patients and their loved ones have hoped for new medical treatments for an incurable disease.

This hour, we talk about the FDA’s approval of a new drug aducanumab to treat Alzheimer’s Disease, and we learn why some in the scientific and medical community have concerns.

We want to hear from you. Does Alzheimer’s disease affect your family?

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Nicole Leonard - Health Reporter for Connecticut Public Radio

Dr. Yazeed Maghaydah - Co-Director of the James E.C. Walker M.D. Memory Assessment Program at the UConn Center on Aging, and Assistant…

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