New Drug May Restore Memory With Alzheimer’s Disease

A 2006 study by MetLife found that adults over age 55 fear Alzheimer’s disease more than cancer, and with good reason. Alzheimer’s creeps up on patients and their families, robbing more than half of all Americans over age 85 of their memory and ability to care for themselves. But what is perhaps most frightening is that available treatments for the disease are by and large ineffective. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Alzheimer's / Dementia News XML/RSS Feed on November 18th, 2007