New hope for treating and preventing Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s researchers at the University of Pittsburgh are among those leading studies, and they see hope in recent reports.

Alzheimer’s disease is one of the conditions that many people are most afraid they will get, second only to cancer, at least in the US. Yet at least a generation of focused research has gone by without an effective treatment or sure advice on how to prevent it.

University of Pittsburgh Alzheimer’s researchers are among those leading studies, and while huge challenges still exist in making progress, they see hope in recent reports.