Can This Nasal Spray Slow Down Alzheimer's? One Couple Is Helping Scientists Find Out

A man with Alzheimer's gets an experimental nasal treatment that reduces brain inflammation. It could open up new pathways to dementia.

More than 800,000 people in Spain suffer from Alzheimer's disease, according to data from the Spanish Society of Neurology (SEN), being the most widespread neurodegenerative dementia. With an uncertain origin and ongoing treatments that do not guarantee a cure for the disease, scientific studies are multiplied that seek remedies so that the pathology has more preventive approaches.One of the most recent and hopeful studies is that carried out by…

Can this nasal spray slow down Alzheimer's? One couple is helping scientists find out

Joe Walsh is the first Alzheimer's patient to be treated with an experimental nasal spray designed to reduce inflammation in the brain.(Image credit: Jodi Hilton)

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The findings need to be confirmed in larger studies.