Some Alzheimer’s drugs may have benefits for the heart
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/06/04/alzheimers-drugs-may-have-heart-benefits/
A new study suggests that certain drugs used to treat Alzheimer’s disease may help prevent heart attacks and premature death. Swedish researchers studied more than 7,000 people with Alzheimer’s taking cholinesterase inhibitors (Aricept, Exelon, Reminyl and others) and found that taking the drugs was associated with both a reduced death rate and a reduced heart attack rate; each was lowered roughly 35 percent. The study authors emphasized that a clinical trial is the only way to prove the relationship between the drugs and benefits to the heart.
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