The first drug to slow the destruction of the brain in Alzheimer's has been called a momentous breakthrough.

The research ends decades of failure and shows a new era of drugs to treat Alzheimer's - the most common form of dementia - is possible.

The drug, lecanemab, has a small effect in the early stages of the disease.

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