This is great news.
60% of Dementia is due to Alzheimers whilst remaining 40% is roughly split between Vascular dementia (dementia due to mini-strokes) and Dementia with lewy bodies (a histopathological finding).
Unfortunately Alzheimers is largely a pathological diagnosis (ie. it requires a brain biopsy usually post mortem to diagnose) and I didn't dig up the british study this is largely taken from to see where they thought the decline was coming from but it is very good news and should be welcomed!
This theory that Al Zheimer is due to a form of Diabetes does not have much support from the key thought leaders currently. [Disclaimer: I worked on Al Zheimer]. For all we know, it may be a combination of several factors and not a single one.
Just for your information then, "Alzheimer" is a simple name, not a compound one and "Al" here is not a prefix (if anything, it should be broken down into "alz heimer").
I am not saying they are right. I was just adding comments on what the experts in the field are thinking about. Besides, there are some clinical trials ongoing to treat "Brain Diabetes" as a way to fight Al Zheimer but nobody expects much from them, including investors. It's probably not that simple.
From "investors" word, I assume they are trying to treat it by adding medications?
What about removing carbs? Though, investors would be really disappointed..
Unfortunately Alzheimers is largely a pathological diagnosis (ie. it requires a brain biopsy usually post mortem to diagnose) and I didn't dig up the british study this is largely taken from to see where they thought the decline was coming from but it is very good news and should be welcomed!