Experts are worried that a drug, which improves speech in Alzheimer's patients, may trigger false hopes. The popular rheumatoid arthritis drug had shown significant improvement in patients with Alzheimer's in a study appearing in the journal BioMed Central BMC Neurology.
The study involved just 12 patients and hence the Alzheimer's Association has expressed concern.
Alzheimer’s disease - Causes, Symptoms, Diagnosis, Stages, Types, Prevention, Prognosis & Treatment
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Alzheimer's disease is a progressive neurodegenerative disease affecting memory and thinking and making the person increasingly dependent on others.
Dr. Scott Turner, incoming director of the Memory Disorders Program at Georgetown University Medical Center said there must be double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized clinical trials before any judgment is passed.
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