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(By Anna Gorman for Kaiser Health News)<\/p>\n

OAKLAND, Calif. \u2014 The question came as a shock to Dorothy Reeves: Would she be willing to donate her husband\u2019s brain for research?<\/p>\n

She knew dementia would steadily take Levi Reeves\u2019 memories of their 57-year marriage, his remaining lucidity and, eventually, his life. But to let scientists take his brain after he died? That\u00a0seemed too much to ask. Continue reading article here…<\/a><\/p>\n

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