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Ella Pickover

REVEALED: Repurposing current drugs to tackle dementia an urgent priority experts - The Real Truth

Researchers have called for trials to see whether certain drugs could help prevent or treat dementia (Peter Byrne/PA) - (PA Archive)

More must be done to see whether existing drugs could help to tackle dementia, scientists have said after finding that a number of common treatments may affect a person’s risk.

While some new drugs are coming online to treat dementia, researchers say there is a need to see whether drugs that are currently used for other ailments could be used to alter a person’s dementia risk.

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