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Aduhelm is a type of drug called a monoclonal antibody, and it’s used to remove some of the aberrant proteins thought to cause Alzheimer’s disease. Lolita Nidadavolu, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, says there is much to consider when …

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Men who reported taking sildenafil for erectile dysfunction also had a reduced risk for Alzheimer’s disease, a recent study looking at a large number of medical records found. What about women? Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert Lolita Nidadavolu, who wrote an …

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Sildenafil, taken for erectile dysfunction, seems to have helped reduce Alzheimer’s disease risk in men. Would the drug have the same impact on women, and what might the side effects look like? Lolita Nidadavolu, a geriatrics expert at Johns Hopkins …

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Taking sildenafil for erectile dysfunction reduced the risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, a study looking at medical records of over 260,000 found.  Geriatrics expert Lolita Nidadavolu at Johns Hopkins and coauthor of an editorial on the study says there is a …

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Men who took sildenafil for erectile dysfunction experienced less Alzheimer’s disease than men who did not, a very large study looking at medical records found. One problem, says Lolita Nidadavolu, a Johns Hopkins geriatrics expert and coauthor of an editorial …

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Sildenafil is used by men with erectile dysfunction, with a recent study examining medical records of men who used it finding they also developed Alzheimer’s disease less often. This is called an observational study, and it only can find an …

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Examining the medical records of more than 265,000 men has revealed that those who took the erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil experienced a reduced rate of Alzheimer’s disease in comparison to those who did not. Lolita Nidadavolu, a geriatrics expert at …

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