Claudia Padilla, MD, at Baylor Scott & White Health, discusses Alzheimer’s and a new treatment.
What You Need to Know:
- Alzheimer’s disease is a type of dementia.
- The most common sign is short-term memory loss.
- New medication targets the protein that causes the disease.
- New treatment slows the disease’s progression.
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