Early action

LONDON: Treatment for patients with Alzheimer’s may be more effective if started much earlier, suggests a study.

Scientists at the University of Virginia, US, found that plaques in the brain, a sign of the disease, occur after a rise in calcium entering the nerve cells. They found if given to patients identified as at risk before symptoms occur, drugs could stop the calcium getting into the cells and may have potent disease-modifying properties. “Perhaps this could prevent the disease or slow its progression,” they wrote in Alzheimer’s & Dementia. – Daily Mail