Alzheimer's Drug Shows Startling Promise: ""Encouraging" Alzheimer's news: Biogen Idec's drug aducanumab has been shown to slow mental decline in patients with early or mild Alzheimer's disease in a small drug trial, the full results of which were released today. The New York Times reports 166 patients were randomly given low to high doses of the drug (meant to eliminate amyloid plaque in the brain) or a placebo."
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