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Alzheimer's treatments: What's on the horizon?
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Taking aim at plaques
Keeping tau from tangling
Reducing inflammation
Researching insulin resistance
Studying the heart-head connection
Hormones
Speeding treatment development
Researching insulin resistance
Researchers are studying the effects of insulin on the brain and brain cell function, and insulin changes in the brain that may be related to Alzheimer's. A trial testing an insulin nasal spray determined that the drug wasn't effective in slowing the progression of Alzheimer's.
