Thinking 'out-of-the-box' may build a better brain and prevent dementia

(Florida Atlantic University) With disease-modifying treatment trials for Alzheimer's disease (AD) currently unsuccessful and only medications to treat symptoms available, what now? A leading neuroscientist has developed the " Dementia Prevention Initiative, " which abandons generalized ways to research and treat AD. His secret weapon: a novel " N-of-1 design " that tailors medicine down to a single patient. Instead of conducting a conventional trial of 100 people all getting the same treatment, he has switched it around and is conducting 100 single personalized trials.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news