Is it okay to sign Alzheimer's patients up for research studies?
7th Nov 2005, 23:51 GMT
A new study sheds light on this question, which may come up more often as potential treatments require more involved and invasive research. People at heightened risk for Alzheimer's disease - 229 people who were over 70 and had at least one close relative with the disease - took part in the study, which is published in the November 8, 2005, issue of Neurology, the scientific journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
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