What Britney Spears Can Reveal About Alzheimer's Disease

Yahoo! News:

Researchers at the Cleveland Clinic report that they may have found a way to identify those most at risk of developing the neurological disorder long before symptoms develop - simply by asking them whether they recognize celebrities such as Britney Spears and Johnny Carson.

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Comments

[spiderbucket]

Who is dumber ? Britney or her fans ?

[jennylynn]

If Britney's brain is already empty she is immune to it.

[tedmore123]

Interestingly enough, when they reversed the test (asking Britney Spears if she recognized someone with Alzheimer's Disease) the fMRI maching blew a fuse. We don't know what that means but we think it is significant enough to request a million or so dollars from - oh, I don't know, some government agency to conduct a study...or have a very large, very messy party.

A doctor

[rivergirl301]

I don't get this. I don't know 99% of the young music, movie (I said movie, not film), or TV performers today, nor do I care to, and it's not due a neurological disorder. It's called who gives a patoot. I don't know how they can use this a diagnostic tool.

[olddognewtrick]

Isn't she the one that forgot to wear panties?

[kwalla101]

no, i'm fairly certain that was Johnny.

[mikefina]

If FORGETTING Britney is an effect, it is the only benefit of this otherwise terrible affliction.