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Medical Minute explores the role brain cells play in Alzheimer’s

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GPBAugustaLogo_800x600In this week’s Medical Minute, Dr. Joseph Hobbs, chairman of the Department of Family Medicine at the Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, talks about the role star-shaped brain cells called “astrocytes” unwittingly play in Alzheimer’s.

The Medical Minute airs at 8:18 a.m., 1:20 p.m. and 5:18 p.m. every Saturday and Sunday on the 17 GPB radio stations across Georgia.

For more Medical Minute episodes, visit the GPB Augusta SoundCloud page.

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