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A doctor used a special sound wave treatment with tiny bubbles in one person with early Alzheimer’s, and for a few weeks, the brain’s Alzheimer’s protein markers went down a little—but then they went up even higher by three months.
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Focused ultrasound mitigates pathology and improves spatial memory in Alzheimer's mice and patients
Randomized Controlled Trial
Human
2023The study used a special ultrasound treatment on Alzheimer’s patients and found that, after 3 weeks, there was a small drop in the brain protein linked to Alzheimer’s — just like the claim said. It didn’t say what happened after 3 months, but what it did report matches the claim.
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