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