Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you, Ms. Gibson, for being here and helping us out with our study.
There are a couple of things.
Have there been any studies answering the question of whether things like Alzheimer's are less or more prevalent among veterans as compared to the general population? Is there any correlation between military experiences, whether they were wars long ago or more recent peacekeeping conflicts, and the onset of Alzheimer's, or is it accepted that dementia--and these are almost the same thing--is strictly genetic or an environmentally driven condition?