INDIANAPOLIS: A doctor has discovered that certain over-the-counter medicines taken for extended amounts of time may increase the risk for Alzheimer’s disease.

Research shows that taking daily doses of common over-the-counter drugs including aspirins, ibuprofens, and antihistamines, may increase the risk for the

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BOSTON: Researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston found that mutations that trigger hallmark features of Alzheimer’s disease function by decreasing, not increasing function of the presenilin-1 protein and gamma-secretase enzyme.

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TUCSON: Drug companies are retreating from the search for a dementia cure after “repeated and costly failures” to develop a breakthrough drug, a major report has warned.

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BRISBANE: Queensland scientists have discovered a new treatment that could help restore the memory of people suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The process uses ultrasound technology to help clear a plaque that builds up in the brain of Alzheimer’s sufferers.

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