Alzheimer drugs hailed as blockbuster dementia treatment do not work, review claims sparking row between scientists

ALZHEIMER drugs hailed as the first-ever dementia treatments do not work, a major review claims. But critics say the report is flawed and ignores decades of progress. The row came after scientists at the prestigious UK Cochrane ­policy institute reviewed 17 trials involving 20,000 patients who took drugs to flush toxic amyloid proteins from their...