Alzheimer’s treatment has reached a “turning point,” experts say - The Brown Daily Herald

Alzheimer’s treatment has reached a “turning point,” experts say - The Brown Daily Herald

Alzheimer's disease - largely categorized by a detriment to memory and cognitive abilities as one ages - has been around for tens of thousands of years. But with new tests, new treatments and new funding, experts agree: Researchers are at a turning point in treating Alzheimer's disease."This is a new era," said David Shenk '88, journalist and author of "The Forgetting: Alzheimer's, Portrait of an Epidemic," at a panel for World Alzheimer's Day l…