4 - Alzheimers

Listen to the Audio An effort to develop a treatment for Alzheimer’s disease was halted after data showed that a new drug was doing more harm than good, leading to more memory loss and putting people at a higher risk for skin cancer. Judy Woodruff discusses the findings with Dr. ... continue reading

MONDAY, March 1 (HealthDay News) — Noting that brain scans suggest that a new drug reduces plaque deposits in the brains of certain Alzheimer’s patients by 25 percent compared to a placebo, researchers say the scans could become a useful tool to study treatments for the disease.

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