Many of the most important directives of this book, while differentially impacting women more, also apply to men.

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For those patients, doctors can then look for other potential causes of the memory decline, which may have another prognosis or be treated differentially than Alzheimer's, he said.

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Measuring performance and paying differentially are solid steps forward.

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