New treatment may bring relief to Alzheimer’s patients

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If trials conclude successfully later this year, a new drug will provide some relief for people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease. It would be the first new treatment for the disease available in over a decade. The drug works by increasing the release of a chemical in the brain that plays an important role in memory function and should help people with dementia live more independently for longer.

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A new drug after over a decade?

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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

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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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