A new drug after over a decade?

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Makers of an Alzheimer’s drug are hoping it will become the first new treatment for the disease available to sufferers for over a decade if trials conclude successfully later this year.

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Don’t eat all that sugar

Alzheimer; News from the web:

Because besides from the point that you’ll end up overweight like me, there are more serious consequences:

For some time we’ve known diabetes patients are more likely to get ­ Alzheimer’s . But we’ve been puzzling over the link between sugar and dementia. Now we know.

Extraordinary research has revealed a tipping point at which blood sugar levels become so dangerously high they promote brain disease.

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Watch that unsaturated fat!

Alzheimer; News from the web:

A new study published in PLOS Medicine‘s Special Issue on Dementia has found that the metabolism of omega-3 and omega-6 unsaturated fatty acids in the brain are associated with the progression of Alzheimer’s disease.

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