Possible Protective Factors: Alzheimers
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Possible protective factors
Although no treatment is available to prevent or cure Alzheimer's, certain factors may lower your risk for it. For now, it's premature to recommend taking nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs or statins to prevent Alzheimer's, but research is under way to test the effectiveness of these and other substances for preventing or delaying its onset.
| Last updated: | January 23, 2007 |
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