Journalist with Alzheimer’s disease and cancer has future on his mind

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September 23, 2015
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Journalist with Alzheimer’s disease
and cancer has future on his mind
Longtime journalist and current Alzheimer’s Association National Early-Stage Advisor Greg O’Brien was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer’s disease in 2009. Two weeks before his diagnosis, he learned he also had prostate cancer. As O’Brien’s Alzheimer's symptoms worsen, he’s decided not to treat his cancer and is thinking about how he wants to spend the final years of his life.

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