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Aug. 01, 2008
Alzheimer's Research
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| A much-touted experimental Alzheimer's medication has failed to help patients in clinical trials -- while another drug, one that aims at unknotting the 'tangles' that characterize the brains of people with Alzheimer's seems to show promise. In this segment, we'll get the latest on research into Alzheimer's and the search for treatments for the disease. One study says statin drugs, such as those used to treat high cholesterol, may help Alzheimer's patients too. |
Produced by Annette Heist, Senior Producer
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Mary Haan
Professor, Epidemiology
School of Public Health
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan -
Ralph Nixon
Vice Chairman, Alzheimer's Association's Medical and Scientific Advisory Council
Professor of Psychiatry and Cell Biology
Vice Chairman of Research, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Silberstein Institute for Aging and Dementia
New York University,
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