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New drug shows promise in early tests slowing Alzheimer's

In what could be a big step forward in the battle against Alzheimer's Disease, a new drug that during tests sharply slowed the cognitive decline of people with the debilitating disease. Dr. Samuel Gandy, a neurologist and Associate Director of the Alzheimer's Disease Research Center at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, joins Hari Sreenivasan.