Chief Medical Officer of Northwestern Medicine’s Northwest region of hospitals, Dr. Irfan Hafiz, joins Bob Sirott to talk about why the rate of some Alzheimer’s cases are progressing slower than normal and whether or not diet and exercise could contribute to that. He also discusses how genetics play a role in Alzheimer’s and a study on how a close relative of Ozempic slowed the rate of Parkinson’s.

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