Observations: Should advanced dementia be considered a terminal illness?

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Observations: Should advanced dementia be considered a terminal illness?

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Advanced dementia has often been treated as an amalgamation of symptoms in the aging, rather than a deadly illness in itself. A new study, published online today in The New England Journal of Medicine , proposes that it may be beneficial—for pati

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