An Effective Alzheimer’s Treatment May be on the Horizon
August 10, 2016
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Alzheimer's disease is a scourge that's so common that most of us know at least one person who has had it, and often considerably more than one. It's a tragedy and an ordeal both for the afflicted and for those who love them and care for them. I probably don't have to describe the details of the terrible and progressive dementia it causes in many elderly people and a few not-so-elderly; you all almost certainly know quite a bit about it from bitter personal experience, or from reading articles or watching documentaries and movies.
That's why this is very heartening news. There have been reports of effective treatments before that haven't panned out, but this one seems a bit more promising: