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1. Blood Markers Promising in Alzheimer’s. Blood tests may soon be a realistic screening tool for Alzheimer’s disease, with two research groups reporting they had found multi-marker panels that distinguished individuals with the disease from healthy people.
2. Gastric Bypass May Not Cut Healthcare Costs. Among obese veterans, bariatric surgery — predominantly gastric bypass — was not associated with lower healthcare expenditures in the 3 years after the operation.
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