What Are Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease?

What Are Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease? (0:18)

Neurologist Dr. Greg Petsko says treatments for Alzheimer's disease are not as good as they could be. Learn more about treating this devastating condition by watching this video.

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There really is none. There are some drugs that people can take that are supposed to improve their short term memory performance. They work for some people a little, they don't work at all for other people. Even if they do work they're largely symptomatic, the disease goes

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