Monday, July 19, 2010

News: Alzheimer's Development

Drug Trials Test Bold Plan to Slow Alzheimer's

It seems that researchers are getting closer to a drug to prevent Alzheimer's disease. While it may slow things down a little, I do applaud the FDA for requiring that drugs not just prove they can reduce the enzymes that they think cause Alzheimer's, but to prove that the patients actually get better. Some of the problems seem to be that it is simply such a slow-developing disease, figuring out when to start preventive treatment - and when it may be too late. This is one of the scariest diseases, in my opinion, and so it's nice to be able to put up a good news story as my first news story :)

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