Kalkwarf is one of many children of the 5.3 million people living with Alzheimer's in the United States who face the terrifying possibility of inheriting a predisposition to the disease. Now that there are tests in the works for early detection of brain injury due to Alzheimer's, as well as other biological markers of the disease, the question becomes: Would you want to know?
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/16/alzheimer.guidelines/index.html?hpt=T2
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/07/16/alzheimer.guidelines/index.html?hpt=T2