Why a Woman in her 30s Decided to Find Out If She Will Get Alzheimer’s (Links to an external site)
Over 150 people in Montgomery are set to gather this weekend to reclaim the future for the five millions Americans suffering from Alzheimer’s. For two women in the River Region, the disease has directly impacted their lives and they’re leading the fight for a cure.
Finding ways to diagnose and treat this devastating disease has frustrated scientists and clinicians ever since. Now the long and hard-fought campaign against Alzheimer’s has reached a potentially significant milestone: the launch of the first clinical trials to test whether new drug treatments given before dementia can prevent the disease.
Over the past several decades scientists have begun to unravel the complicated process that leads to the death of brain cells and, ultimately, the disease we call Alzheimer’s. That new understanding may lead to therapies that can halt the disease before symptoms appear and brains are irreparably damaged.