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Alzheimer’s wonder drugs can shrink patients’ brains

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Some doctors are concerned the drugs’ benefits don’t outweigh the risks (Image: Getty) Dementia experts have raised the alarm over “significant gaps in the data” around Alzheimer’s wonder drugs, amid concerns that they cause some patients’ brains to shrink. The first medication proven to slow the disease’s progression could be approved by UK regulators as … Read more

Alzheimer’s breakthrough as new blood test can detect disease years before symptoms

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Alzheimer’s sufferers may soon be able to receive a diagnosis for the disease years before symptoms appear, thanks to a groundbreaking new blood test. Scientists believe a new blood test capable of measuring levels of a known marker protein that precedes the development of the debilitating neurodegenerative disease. A study by Alzheimer’s researchers has found … Read more