•  In my years of practice I experienced the anguish of having to give a serious, life-altering diagnosis to a patient. If this diagnosis was in the realm of heart disease, as a cardiologist I could help them with choices about how to seek help with their illness. However, when Ellen received her diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer's disease we both experienced confusion, fear and frustration because there was no effective treatment for the disease. Furthermore we did not know where to seek support in order to cope with this illness. When we finally heard about the South Dakota

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