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>famously developed Alzheimer's... This isn't what his doctors have said. >...In 1989, just a few months after he completed his second term as president, Reag
by opo 2y ago
>famously developed Alzheimer's...
This isn't what his doctors have said.
>...In 1989, just a few months after he completed his second term as president, Reagan underwent surgery to drain a subdural hematoma caused by a fall from a horse in Mexico. Such brain injury can increase the likelihood of developing Alzheimer’s disease or perhaps even cause it.
https://hekint.org/2023/11/30/the-medical-history-of-ronald-reagan/ https://hekint.org/2023/11/30/the-medical-history-of-ronald-...
After this Reagan had annual exams for signs of Alzheimers and was diagnosed in 1994.