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Alzheimer Disease
Anti-hypertensive drugs may help prevent and treat Alzheimer's disease
November 5th, 2007
A new study has identified commonly prescribed drugs for the treatment of hypertension may be capable of preventing Alzheimer disease and cognitive deterioration. The new research, published in the November 2007 issue of the The Journal of Clinical Investigation., conducted by Dr. Giulio Maria Pasinetti, M.D., Ph.D., Professor of Psychiatry and Neuroscience, Geriatrics and Adult Development and Director of the Center of Excellence for Research in Complementary and Alternative Medicine in Alzheimer's disease at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, suggests that a large number of geriatric patients currently under pharmacological treatment for high-blood pressure with certain...
Source: Health & Medicine Week (2007-11-05)
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