Alzheimer’s drug may stop disease if used symptoms develop

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 - 10:00 in Health & Medicine

About 50 percent of people who reach the age of 85 will develop Alzheimer’s disease. Most will die within about five years of exhibiting the hallmark symptoms of the disease – severe memory loss and a precipitous decline in cognitive function. But the molecular processes that lead to the disease will have begun years earlier. […]

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