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Alzheimer鈥檚: A Turning Point?

Fergus Walsh follows patients with Alzheimer's disease who have been taking two new drugs that have been shown to slow down its progression. Is this a turning point in its treatment?

Around 900,000 people in the UK are living with dementia, and two-thirds of them have Alzheimer鈥檚. For patients and their loved ones, it鈥檚 a devastating disease. But two new drugs have shown, for the first time, that the relentless progression of Alzheimer鈥檚 can be slowed down. With exclusive access to the UK trials, Fergus Walsh follows patients who have been on the drugs and asks if this is a turning point that could lead to the transformation of the treatment of the disease.

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Reporter Fergus Walsh
Editor Karen Wightman
Executive Producer Adam Grimley
Producer Alison Priestley
Director Alison Priestley

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