Drug to prevent Alzheimer's 'within six years,' researchers say
Tuesday, August 9, 2011 - 09:30
in Health & Medicine
A new drug to prevent the development of Alzheimer’s disease could be tested on patients within six years. Alzheimer’s is the most common type of dementia, which affects 750,000 people in the UK, with numbers expected to more than double by 2050. One in three people over 65 will die with dementia.