Alzheimer’s Findings Show Hope for Lost Memory

New Alzheimer’s findings show hope for lost memory and that hope comes in the form of insulin.

Dr. Suzanne Craft of the VA Puget Sound Health Care System and the University of Washington in Seattle presented her findings at the Alzheimer’s Association in Honolulu.

The findings involved research on 109 non-diabetic patients with Alzheimer’s disease or or mild cognitive impairment. Insulin was squirted up the noses of the patients and those patients showed signs of improved memory, measures of thinking and ability to do daily activities.

One third of the patients received a placebo and the other two thirds received different doses of insulin through a nebulizer into their noses twice daily for four months.

Patients with the lower dose of insulin showed the most improvement.

Alzheimer’s disease affects over 26 million people and currently there are only drugs to treat symptoms but none to improve memory.

While these Alzheimer’s findings show hope for lost memory, Dr Craft said the the treatment is a long way from being useful to patients but there is enough positive evidence to warrant a large clinical trial.