Health Supreme Update: Alzheimer's: New Treatments But No Prevention

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24 Jan 2005 11:06:51 -0000

 

Health Supreme Update: Alzheimer's: New Treatments But No

Prevention Strategy

 

sepp

 

 

Health Supreme Update: Alzheimer's: New Treatments But No Prevention

Strategy

 

January 24, 2005

 

 

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While we hear that the Johnson & Johnson Alzheimer's drug

Reminyl is associated with higher death rates than placebo, a

new " scientific breakthrough " is already in the pipeline. By

removing plaques in the brains of mice, which in humans are

normally associated with Alzheimer's disease, it seems that

some of the nerve damage which is characteristic of the

disease, may have been reverted as well. Researchers at

Washington University School of Medicine are claiming as much,

as recently reported by BBC. Alzheimer's is a largely

age-dependent disease. According to the same BBC article, it is

estimated that 2% to 5% of people over 65 years of age and up

to...

 

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Sepp

 

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