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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Health
Storm Newton

Alzheimer’s drugs ‘make no meaningful difference to patients’, major review suggests

Drugs aimed at slowing Alzheimer's disease progression "make no meaningful difference to patients" while raising the risk of brain swelling and bleeding, a new review has claimed.

However, charities have swiftly challenged these findings, accusing experts of unfairly combining failed and successful drug trials.

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