biggest breakthrough in 100 years

[jimking]

"Daily pill that halts Alzheimer's is hailed as 'biggest breakthrough against disease for 100 years"
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1039677/Daily-pill-halts-Alzheimers-hailed-biggest-breakthrough-disease-100-years.html
What gets me is the name of the drug "Rember". You could come up with a good slogan "If you can't remember, take Rember! :D

[Virgo Nightingale]

Sounds like a fantastic breakthrough, though I'll wait to fully praise it once I hear about the side effects. Plus, it still sounds like it's only been tested on mild to moderate Alzheimer's; I wonder how it would fare in more severe cases. I just hope it doesn't end up just doing what Aricept does: prolong the inevitable.

[jimking]

You have a point. The side effect is you go blind.

[Jackimalyn]

I saw the article this mornign
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7525115.stm
I cant believe it happened because of an accident...

[Red Kittie Kat]

It will be wonderful if it's really going to help. Alzheimers is a terrible way to die. Trapped in your own head ... everyone a stranger ... nothing familar .. and that can last for years.

[Virgo Nightingale]

From the time my grandmother started showing symptoms to the time she passed was about 10 years, which is a short time for this disease. She was on Aricept for about 5 or 6 of them. Hard to say whether it was really effective at slowing down the process, but like I said before, all the current treatments really do is prolong the inevitable. And it's a horrible horrible disease that robs you of everything. Not only do you lose your precious memories and forget the faces of your family, you also eventually forget how to eat, how to walk, how to go to the bathroom.

Last week I donated $400 to the Alzheimer's Foundation in memory of my grandmother and my fiancé's grandmother (who also died from it). I did this instead of silly wedding favors that people will either nom and forget about or just toss into a drawer and forget about. I felt that helping the research as much as I can would last much longer and hold more meaning.

[Randomhero]

I like that its called rember.... they couldn't put another "em" in there so it makes more sense.

This is an unbelievably good progression against one of the most horrific diseases.

[budafist]

I saw that on the news last night. Very cool.