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WMAQ Chicago Airs Series on Dementia


Topic: Health Awareness Campaigns
Posted on 2/13/2017

NBC owned-and-operated WMAQ-TV Chicago aired this in-depth report on dementia, featuring sports anchor and former football player Mike Adamle. Adamle has been off the air for a year due to dementia, which was caused in part by football injuries.



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