Can a “Smart Pill” Prevent Alzheimers Disease?
Can a “Smart Pill” Prevent Alzheimer’s Disease? Tuesday October 28, 2008 No, this pill isn’t designed to help you get better grades in school, but it does show promise as a preventive treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. The Smart Pill, a formulation of vitamins and neutraceuticals developed by Thomas Shea, a professor at the University of Massachusetts – Lowell, has undergone three years of clinical trials that indicate the pill can delay the progression of Alzheimer’s and even improve memory functioning in people without the disease. There is no “mystery” ingredient in the Smart Pill — it’s simply a combination of folate, Vitamin E, Vitamin B-12, and other common nutrients. But the combination has generated such great results that the Massachusetts Chapter of the Al
