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Alzheimer's patient Kris Bakowski attends The Alzheimer's Association town hall meeting about the early stages of the disease, Monday, May 12, 2008, in Washington. Alzheimer's patients now are joining their counterparts with cancer and HIV to lobby through the halls of Congress for more money to hunt treatments. They're advising top scientists to push for higher-stakes research even if it means higher risks.
