New Alzheimer drug going to trials

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Dec 10 (Reuters) – Merck & Co said it will begin two late-stage trials of its experimental Alzheimer’s drug, one of the industry’s best hopes for slowing the memory-robbing disease, after an independent monitoring board reviewed its safety and recommended that more patients be recruited for studies.

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A drug for Alzheimer in five years? Really?

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We get these stories from time to time and we pass them on to you, our readers. This one looks more promising than other stories but we don’t like to spread false hope. At this moment there are only a few therapies available and they only work for a limited time frame to delay the unavoidable run of the disease.

This new drug has not been effective with patients in later stages but it is now believed it would be effective in patients with an early development of Alzheimer.

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Prevent Alzheimer is the name of the game

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So how about when you did not grow up in the age of Lumosity and cell phones but are from an earlier vintage? Well the website thinkfun.com has great resources that will run without internet. The thought is that it will help to keep your mind sharp to fend off Alzheimer

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