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As the disease advances, it becomes increasingly difficult for people to mentally track their own location, and recall where they intend to go or how to get back home.

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According to the team, the discovery could deepen scientific understanding of how Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders develop, offering potential pathways for new treatments.

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The malnutrition ward is filled with children who are too weak to fight disease, their mothers by their bedside, helpless.

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Wastewater treatment is critical for preventing the build-up of sewage and the spread of disease.

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Mexican survivors of floods and landslides that killed at least 66 people last week have appealed for urgent aid, saying they are worried about disease outbreaks as rotting animal carcasses pile up in the mud.

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