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Anti-Inflammatories
May Protect Against Alzheimer's
New York, Health Reuter's, 9 /23/02)
When Dr. John C. S. Breitner of the Veterans Affairs Puget
Sound Health Care System in Seattle, WA, and colleagues
studied several thousand elderly Utah residents for 5 years,
the researchers found that participants who had taken
non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDS), like aspirin,
for at least 2 years prior to the study, had less than half
the risk of developing Alzheimer's. The researchers speculate
that the NSAIDS may have a protective effective only if they
have been started at least 2 years prior to the onset of
Alzheimer symptoms. |
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