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  "title": "MRIs show brain changes linked to Alzheimer’s years in advance",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/mris-show-brain-changes-linked-to-alzheimers-years-in-advance",
  "topic": "health",
  "section": "Health & Medicine",
  "published": "2026-09-21T14:00:00.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://www.sciencenews.org/article/mri-brain-change-alzheimers-disease"
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  "summary": "A thickening cortex, as shown in MRIs, preceded amyloid-beta accumulation, a known hallmark of Alzheimer’s disease, by up to seven years.",
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        "outlet": "Medical Xpress",
        "title": "Alzheimer's patients show elevated active meprin-β in brain and cerebrospinal fluid",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/21/alzheimers-patients-show-elevated-active-meprin-in-brain-and",
        "published": "2026-09-21T08:00:01.000Z"
      }
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}