Are you fooling yourself?

I am terrified of Alzheimer’s disease. I’m sure you have a story about this terrible ailment, but mine is that of my grandmother, who went from a happy, wise and joyful woman to someone who did not recognise her family. It’s my sincere hope that we cure this disease in my lifetime. So I read a new book, Doctored, by Science magazine writer Charles Piller, with some trepidation and alarm.