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    While the era of using digital health tools to manage MCI and perhaps prevent greater cognitive decline is just beginning, it is a promising new therapeutic direction for a very complex condition. The more these solutions are developed and studied, it seems clear, however, that the most effective technology will be the systems that individuals with MCI and their caregivers consistently enjoy…

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