Delaying dementia: drugs that fail as cures might still prevent Alzheimer's disease. From: Science News | Date: May 8, 2004| Author: Harder, Ben | COPYRIGHT 2004 Science Service, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Alzheimer's disease extinguishes the mind and body through a vicious progression from mental lapses, memory loss, and dementia to the final failure of the brain to support survival. Medical efforts to abate the disorders development after symptoms arise have yielded discouraging results. Once unmistakable traits of Alzheimer's emerge, it seems, the mind is at the disease's scant mercy. None of the five drugs with U.S. government approval for Alzheimer's, including the latest, calle...

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