Chris Hemsworth has discovered he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's

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Chris Hemsworth has discovered he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's, causing him to confront his 'own mortality.'The 39-year-old made the revelation in a new interview with Vanity Fair promoting his new Disney+ show Limitless about health and fitness.After having bloodwork done for the program, he was informed he is 'between eight and 10 times' likelier to develop Alzheimer's than the general population, because he is one of only two to three percent of people with two copies of the gene APOE4.'Yeah, there was an intensity to navigating it,' he reflected. 'Most of us, we like to avoid speaking about death in the hope that we'll somehow avoid it.' Looking ahead: Chris Hemsworth has discovered he is genetically predisposed to Alzheimer's, causing him to confront his 'own mortality'The Thor star added: 'We all have this belief that we'll figure it out.

Then to all of a sudden be told some big indicators are actually pointing to this as the route which is going to happen, the reality of it sinks in.

Your own mortality.' Playing on Chris' stardom through superhero movies, Limitless follows him as he pushes up against the boundaries of what his body can do.

He will be seen on the Disney+ program pursuing various physical goals, such as what Variety reports was 40lbs of weight gain for a Thor film.The bloodwork he got in aid of the show resulted in the bombshell news that he is several times likelier than the general population to get Alzheimer's, a degenerative brain condition characterized in part by memory loss.