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EndNotes archive for April 23, 2012

MONDAY, APRIL 23, 2012

Former President Ronald Reagan, who was a faithful writer of love letters, is kissed by wife Nancy on his 89th birthday in 2000. (Associated Press)

Alzheimer's: do you want to know?

There's great buzz in Alzheimer's circles about a new brain scan technology that can detect beta-amyloid (protein) plaques, which build up in the brain like toxic waste when you have Alzheimer's. Before now, the plaques could be confirmed only upon autopsy. The scan isn't widely…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.