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Your Brain Has Its Own Cleaning System That Helps Prevent Alzheimer’s. Science Is Learning How to Repair It

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Your brain basically runs its own internal wash cycle while you sleep. Science is unraveling what happens when the system breaks down and how to fix it.

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