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Study Contradicts Alzheimer's Amyloid Plaque Theory
(Source: Alzheimer's Research Trust) - British researchers have shown that a drug that can remove amyloid plaques from the brains of people with Alzheimer's disease did not slow down the disease or improve cognition.


Alzheimer's Drug Reverses Cognitive Decline
(Source: ScienceDaily) - Study results indicate that a drug once approved as an antihistamine in Russia can improve thinking processes and the ability to function in patients with Alzheimer's disease.


Calcium May be the Key to Understanding Alzheimer's Disease
(Source: Newswise) - University of Pennsylvania researchers report that mutations in two proteins presenilin 1 (PS1) and presenilin 2 (PS2)) associated with familial Alzheimer's disease disrupt the flow of calcium ions within neurons.