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Norman L. Foster, MD

Director, Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research

Professor, Department of Neurology

Chief, Division of Cognitive Neurology

University of Utah School of Medicine

Senior Investigator, The Brain Institute at the University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

Dr. Norman Foster has specialized in brain imaging and dementing and neurodegenerative diseases for over 30 years. He joined the University of Utah in 2005 as Professor of Neurology, Director of the Center for Alzheimer's Care, Imaging and Research, and Senior Investigator at the Brain Institute. He has since been named Chief of the Division of Cognitive Neurology.

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Alzheimer's disease usually begins in people 65 or older, but in rare instances it can affect individuals as young as 30. Your risk increases with age; an estimated one in eight people over 65 have Alzheimer's disease, and nearly half of people age 85 and older have the disease.

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