Vitamins May Slow Down Alzheimers
 (HealthScoutNews, 3/25/03)

Scientists at Georgetown University's Memory Disorders Program have shown that high doses of certain vitamins may reduce homocysteine in Alzheimer patients. The investigators believe this finding is important because previous research has linked elevated homocysteine levels with Alzheimer's Disease. The Georgetown researchers are now heading an 18-month trial that will test the effect of folic acid, B12 and B6 on the progression of Alzheimer's in 400 subjects who are mildly to moderately affected by the disease.