Inside The Alzheimer’s Scandal: Why Is There Still No Cure?

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Alzheimer’s disease afflicts more than 6 million Americans, and that number is on its way to doubling. Yet even though this ailment was diagnosed by psychiatrist Alois Alzheimer in the early 1900s, progress in the fight against it has been almost nonexistent.

This episode of What’s Ahead points out that what’s scandalous is that for decades researchers have been almost entirely focused on the wrong hypothesis. Not only that, but the pursuit of alternative avenues has been actively discouraged. Group think has disastrously prevailed.